Posted on 07/26/2007 10:30:39 AM PDT by Jedi Master Pikachu
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A South Korean woman held hostage with 21 others in Afghanistan has pleaded for help to secure their release. The woman, who identified herself as Yo Syun Ju, told the BBC by telephone she was "sick and in a terrible situation". "Tell them to do something to get us released," she said in an interview carried out in the presence of the Taleban militants holding her captive. A group of 23 Koreans was abducted one week ago. The kidnappers have since killed one of the hostages.
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At the time of posting, the title of this article on the BBC website was: "S Korean hostage pleads for help" .
And the article is bound to be expanded later.
Asia pinglist ping.
I feel for them and their families.
Why the hell would someone like this from South Korea be traveling in Afghanistan in the first place?
You haven't heard about this--it's been pretty big on the international news sources.
How the Taliban wins hearts and minds.
They were there for ostensibly “good” reasons, but only bad options will likely let them go.
We can cave into the demands (money answers everything) or send in troops if the location is found. Unfortunately, these people volunteered in a war zone and aren’t there from the principle players.
I am completely against giving terrorists money so they can kidnap 1000 more people with it.
I fear these people must find their own way out. They were completely misguided to have gone there at this time.
Their lives may be the price they pay. It was their choice, though.
Obviously written be either an ignorant (on the topic), or a writer with a [slight] grudge against Christians.
They were kidnapped ostensibly to get their troops out of Afghanistan and for a prisoner exchange. The South Koreans were already set to pull out their troops.
This is similar to what happened to some Filipinos a while back--just as the Philippines was going to remove its troops, Filipinos were kidnapped and a remove-your-troops ultimatum was given, so that when the troops pull out it looks as though it was an acquiescence to the islamofascists' demands.
It may be that these South Korean Christians will show Islam and the world what it is to be actual martyrs.
If the demands are not met, the Taliban will give them the chance to convert before beheading them.
Wish a non-English speaking nation would grow some gonads and punch these terrorists hard. Instead:
“Foreign Minister Song Min-Soon said earlier Saturday that South Korea would withdraw the 200-strong peace-keeping force from Afghanistan by the end of the year as planned. “
They’d get more if they declared that they would help us out with 20,000 troops unless the hostages were immediately released.
Northeast Asian Christians have a strong track record of sticking by their faith even when times get tough (as in fatally tough), though.
These people are to be commended for their good intentions, and their sacrifice. In this case it is literal. They went there knowing full well what could happen.
These abductions have been going on for years. This isn’t exactly the first time. It shouldn’t be a surprise for them. They had to have known the risks. The it happens to other people but not me factor doesn’t work. Especially over there. If you are a foreigner, You are at risk.
They will die, and nothing will change. Kind of pointless when you think about it. It really is tooooooo bad that the ME has so much oil. If not for that, we could just nuke it, and be done with the whole damn lot of them. Nothing but trouble they are. Nasty people.
OOps. Can’t do that. Israel is the only damn country over there worth saving. The rest are just two faced, money grubbing, self serving, back stabbing pieces of crap.
Just as Christ came to save a people who didn't deserve to live, and who deserved to nuked out of existence: Mankind.
Sympathy, but no quarter.
They went to Afghanistan of their own volition.
They KNEW that any capture would be used against their country.
South Korea should remain firm, beheadings or not.
The BBC has added more to the article.
Agreed. These people have to be aware of the risks. They do it of their own volition. I wish them the best.
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