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Iraqi kidnappers threaten to behead seven-year-old boy
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| 28/10/2004
Posted on 10/29/2004 6:55:08 AM PDT by presidio9
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To: Protagoras
It's just a joke. I don't want to kill innocent people. Just the savages.
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posted on
10/29/2004 9:21:42 AM PDT
by
exile
(Exile - Helen Thomas tried to lure me into her Gingerbread House.)
To: exile
Oh, funny. I get it now. Thanks. What a knee slapper.
Is the idea of shotguns and flamethrowers on the other thread a joke too?
I must have a warped sense of humor. Well, somebody does.
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posted on
10/29/2004 9:29:00 AM PDT
by
Protagoras
(The words pet peeve are my pet peeve)
To: Protagoras
A warped sense of humor is better than none at all.
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posted on
10/29/2004 9:31:00 AM PDT
by
exile
(Exile - Helen Thomas tried to lure me into her Gingerbread House.)
To: jim from cleveland
I wouldn't put it past them to kidnap a 7 year-old either. But, doing it and then asking for money does not fit the terrorist MO. They would be more likely to request we release 100 prisoners in exchange for the child.
No, the only person looking for money is the father and his cohorts.
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posted on
10/29/2004 9:56:40 AM PDT
by
T.Smith
To: Savage Beast
45
posted on
10/29/2004 9:57:24 AM PDT
by
T.Smith
To: monday
Call it a hunch. When have terrorists kidnapped and asked for money? It just doesn't fit their pattern.
Besides, if they needed $45,000 (approx) then there are an endless number of Islamic charities that would give them that and more.
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posted on
10/29/2004 10:00:44 AM PDT
by
T.Smith
To: presidio9
This is mafia style money scams, similar to what happens in Mexico all the time. We can and should expect it to remain turbulent and fairly lawless in Iraqi for some time to come. Not saying I like it, just differentiating between the terrorist cells in Iraqi who make videos with a mafia style scam groups who abduct kids for ransom money.
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posted on
10/29/2004 10:18:25 AM PDT
by
quant5
To: T.Smith
you said; "Call it a hunch. When have terrorists kidnapped and asked for money? It just doesn't fit their pattern."
95% of all the kidnappings in Iraq are for money. They especially target businessmen, professors, and christians. We don't hear about most of them because they are too common and happen at a rate of dozens daily. The only reason this one made the news is because he is a 7 year old boy.
you said; "Besides, if they needed $45,000 (approx) then there are an endless number of Islamic charities that would give them that and more."
lol...this is actually funny. Why isn't everyone in Iraq rich then? I am pretty sure that everyone in the country could use $45,000.
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posted on
10/29/2004 10:27:25 AM PDT
by
monday
To: monday
I was talking about the terrorists. If the terrorists want money, they can get it from terrorist sympathizers. I wasn't saying that every Iraqi could get money from terrorist supporting organizations. Read slower next time...
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posted on
10/29/2004 11:25:39 AM PDT
by
T.Smith
To: T.Smith
" I wasn't saying that every Iraqi could get money from terrorist supporting organizations"
Good thing, or they would all be terrorists. Kidnapping has become an industry in Iraq. Most of it is not done by terrorists.
You could be right, this might be a hoax, done by a father looking for handouts, but it could be real too. Since he is Lebanese and owns his own business, I tend to believe him. If he was penniless it wouldn't make sense for anyone to kidnap his son.
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posted on
10/29/2004 11:36:07 AM PDT
by
monday
To: Travis McGee
You're probably right about it just taking one.
But Granddad used to say,"never do anything half-@assed - especially when it comes to fightin'".
So how about if we split the difference and do six,
Tripoli, Cairo, Damscus, Mecca, Tehran, and you can pick number six!
What d'ya say?
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posted on
11/01/2004 7:20:54 AM PST
by
Bad Dog2
(Bad Dog - No Biscuit)
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