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Kidnapped British Couple Says Pirates Set 'Deadline' for Execution
The Times via FoxNews.com ^
| January 22, 2010
| The Times
Posted on 01/22/2010 11:05:47 PM PST by ColdOne
British couple kidnapped by pirates while sailing off the east coast of Africa fear that they could be killed within days, the Times of London reported.
Paul Chandler, 59, a retired quantity surveyor, and Rachel Chandler, 55, an economist, disappeared after heading from the Seychelles towards Tanzania in their yacht, Lynn Rival, on October 23, 2009.
In an interview with ITV News broadcast Thursday night Chandler said that he was “just existing in hope.”
“I’m afraid that they will just kill us and abandon us in the desert
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TOPICS: Extended News; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; United Kingdom
KEYWORDS: britons; hostages; maritime; pirates; somalipirates
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posted on
01/22/2010 11:05:48 PM PST
by
ColdOne
To: ColdOne
Remember the days of Margaret Thatcher, when the U.K. had a real navy, able to project power more than 300 yards from their home port?
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posted on
01/22/2010 11:08:12 PM PST
by
grey_whiskers
(The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change without notice.)
To: grey_whiskers
Margaret Thatcher. What a lady...
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posted on
01/22/2010 11:11:14 PM PST
by
ColdOne
(:^))
To: ColdOne
THESE PEOPLE ARE STILL BEING HELD BY PIRATES? OUTRAGEOUS.
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posted on
01/22/2010 11:13:25 PM PST
by
Hildy
(This Christmas, the Democrats have given America the one gift that keeps on taking.)
To: Hildy
THESE PEOPLE ARE STILL BEING HELD BY PIRATES? OUTRAGEOUS.What is also outrageous is In an interview with ITV News The man is kidnapped and he has an interview with the media????
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posted on
01/22/2010 11:26:24 PM PST
by
ColdOne
(:^))
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