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To: Cindy

Thanks for posting it on TM.

I also found a related article:

Kidnapping in Iraq aimed at Germans in Afghanistan

http://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/03/10/iraq.kidnapped.germans/

Iraqi militants holding a German woman and her son hostage demanded Saturday that Germany withdraw its troops from Afghanistan to ensure their safety.

The little-known Arrows of Righteousness group posted video on the Internet on Saturday threatening to kill the two in 10 days if Berlin won't comply. In the video, a woman identified as Hannelore Marianne Krause urges German Chancellor Angela Merkel to heed the demands.

A passport with that name is shown in the video. German officials did not confirm the kidnap victims' names or say why they were in Iraq.

"Crisis management officials are working on the case of the hostages" and are in contact with the appropriate government officials and with family members, according to the German Foreign Ministry.

While sitting next to her son, Krause tells Merkel, "These people want to kill my son in front of my eyes, and then they'll kill me, if the German troops did not withdraw from Afghanistan." She and her adult son clutch each other and cry as they speak while three militants, two armed with large assault rifles, stand behind them.

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THIS is what the terrorists are like -- the ones that the Dems want to put in charge of the Middle East and the world, literally.


601 posted on 03/10/2007 3:03:05 PM PST by FairOpinion (Victory in Iraq. Stop Hillary. Go to: http://www.TheVanguard.org)
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To: FairOpinion

Yes, I went and looked at it.
Jihadis are evil.


602 posted on 03/10/2007 3:06:33 PM PST by Cindy
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To: All

http://news.google.com/news?ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&hl=en&tab=wn&q=Lufthansa&btnG=Search

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From an Iranian news site:

http://www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=2022&sectionid=3510206

"Bombs found on Lufthansa airliner bound to Tehran"
Fri, 09 Mar 2007 14:02:12

ARTICLE SNIPPET: "A Lufthansa airliner bound for Tehran had to be grounded Tuesday for hours at Frankfurt's Rhein-Main Airport after German security sources received bomb threat alerts.

The spokesman for the Federal Police at Frankfurt's airport, Klaus Ludwig, announced on Thursday that the flight "was halted only moments before its scheduled take-off for Tehran at 6:00 p.m. local time after the Lufthansa call-center in Dublin, South Ireland, received an alert."

After passengers were evacuated from the plane and their luggage and cargo were unloaded, explosive experts boarded the aircraft, he added. But he claimed they had not found anything.

The plane resumed its flight to Tehran at 2.37 a.m. Wednesday morning, according to Ludwig.

Lufthansa spokesman, Thomas Jachnow, also confirmed the incident, saying "Following a security alert, Lufthansa flight 600 was diverted from the main runway shortly before take-off and was evacuated. "

It, however, has emerged that explosive experts of the Federal Police found and defused two time-delay bombs - one inside the airplane door and another planted in one of the engine compartments.

German security sources, speaking on condition of anonymity, told Iran's Mehr News Agency (MNA) that the Federal Police had arrested three Arab suspects, one man and two women, in this regard."

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From an Indian news site:

http://www.indianmuslims.info/news/2007/march/08/international/lufthansa_flight_to_tehran_grounded_after_threat_german_official.html

Lufthansa flight to Tehran grounded after threat: German official


Submitted by Tarique on Thu, 2007-03-08 18:42. International

Berlin, March 8, (IRNA) A Lufthansa airliner bound for Tehran had to be grounded for nearly eight hours at Frankfurt's Rhein-Main Airport on Tuesday, airport authorities told IRNA on Thursday.

"The Lufthansa flight was halted only moments before its scheduled take-off for Tehran at 6 p.m. local time after the Lufthansa call- enter in Dublin (South Ireland) received a threat," said spokesman of the Federal Police at Frankfurt's airport, Klaus Ludwig.

After passengers were evacuated from the plane and their luggages and cargo were unloaded, explosive experts boarded the aircraft but did not find anything," the official added.

The plane resumed its flight to Tehran at 2.37 a.m. Wednesday morning, according to Ludwig.

Meanwhile Lufthansa spokesman Thomas Jachnow confirmed also the incident to IRNA.

"Following a security alert, Lufthansa flight 600 was diverted form the main runway shortly before take-off. The plane was evacuated.

However no explosives or any other things which would have jeopardized the flight were found. There were also no arrests," Jachnow said.

"The plane took off some eight hours later and arrived safely in Tehran.

The luggage of the passengers was sent later in the day." Jachnow could not elaborate on the nature of the threat, pointing to the ongoing investigation.


643 posted on 03/11/2007 4:44:48 PM PDT by Cindy
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