[MarcL]

The British media side with the terrorists.

http://ussneverdock.blogspot.com/2006/01/iraq-french-hostage-rescued.html

[GeronL]

He was French. SO I guess the British want to give him back to the terrorists for that reason?? /sarcasm

[Canard]

"The British media side with the terrorists."

Not sure which part of what you linked you got that from? At least read your sources.

Seems like there's differing 'official accounts' of what happened at the moment.

Fox News currently have a story based on the AP report cited by the BBC and Guardian stories linked:

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,181000,00.html

[moose2004]

Thanks for the link, and this quote is incredible:

"America is often portrayed as an ignorant, unsophisticated sort of place, full of bible bashers and ruled to a dangerous extent by trashy television, superstition and religious bigotry, a place lacking in respect for evidence based knowledge. I know that is how it is portrayed because I have done my bit to paint that picture..." BBC's Washington correspondent Justin Webb