Posted on 10/29/2004 6:55:08 AM PDT by presidio9
Kidnappers holding a seven-year-old Lebanese boy have threatened to behead him if they do not receive £38,000 (€54,592) by Saturday, his father said today.
“We’re a poor family and I love Iraq,” said Abdel-Ghani Hamad. “I’m now selling the stuff in my house just to get by.”
Earlier this month, gunmen abducted his son Mohammed on his way home from school in Diyala province, east of the Iraqi capital, and initially demanded £82,000 (€117,833) for his release, the father said.
Lebanese Foreign Ministry officials have said its embassy in Baghdad was working with Iraqis to secure the boy’s release.
The father said the kidnappers also asked him to sell his belongings and leave Iraq. He refused to say how he learned of their demands, fearing for his son’s life.
He said Mohammed was a smart boy, who loved chess and computers.
The senior Hamad said he has been living in Iraq for 32 years. He owns an orchard and raises chicken, he said, adding his business wasn’t doing well.
“I ask the kind people to call on the kidnappers to release my son,” Hamad said.
I'm sure the Muslims threatening to behead a 7 year old boy are only doing the will of Allah.
OMG....how low will these freaks go.....
Time to start the carpet bombing.
MUCH lower.
It's a scam, the dad is in on it and they are just trying to get some money.
when will the whole world, including the French and the muslims, realize that these psychos are satanic monsters and that the USA and it's allies are the armies of Good.
More proof that these people are the scum of the earth.
One more tragic example of the type of people we are dealing with. Terrorism is not an exaggeration and it is not and has never been a nuisance. How many people would be willing to bet that, given the chance, these monsters would come to the United States and kidnap our children? I sure would be, which is why I'm voting for Bush. Those who are voting for Kerry are wearing blinders and do not comprehend the magnitude of evil of which these people are capable. They are putting all our children on the line when they cast their ballot for that pacifist traitor.
It will be difficult, but I am confident that this incident can be blamed on the Jooooooooooos.
Before long they will start killing babies. Oh, hold on. Here in the US we already do that. We use suck the brains out method instead of beheading method.
"It's a scam, the dad is in on it and they are just trying to get some money."
Absolutely!
If Abdul will pray, to a glowing crater.
Love your tagline!
Scam or just a plain old fashioned kidnapping for ransom. Idiots probably got the wrong kid.
These maggots have obviously studied "kidnapping for ransom" under the FARC; it's become a cottage industry in Latin America. Given the Islamic prsence in the tri-border area, they would've had plenty of opportunities. I propose that we deal with them on their own terms:
"Dear Scumbag, if anything happens to anyone, American, Iraqi, Lebanese, Italian or otherwise (excepting the French, of course), as a result of any action taken by you or your fellow scumbags (that is one word, isn't it?), the 41st "most holy shrine in Islam" will become a smoking hole. We'll start there and work our way up to Mecca. How 'bout it?"
Remember, its "The Religion of Peace!"
That'll save 'em!
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