Briton held by Taliban says West wanted her dead

Reuters ^ | 12 DEC 2001 15:44 | Mike Collett-White

[mvscal]

Exactly.

[ExpatCanuck]

This is a load of crap, but I see book and movie deals and a prominent interview with Katie Couric on the horizon.

[It's me]

snip "They (the Taliban) felt sorry for me. snip

Uhh, I don't think so.

[GROUCHOTWO]

It is amazing that so many who claim to be part of a superior civilization will advocate such measures.

[<1/1,000,000th%]

I don't think anyone here really wants her dead. FReepers could easily do that if they wanted. We're just flushing our dark natures here.

(I think you need a hug.)

[Mortimer Snavely]

Brazen self-aggrandizing journalist bump.

"...there I was, exercising my morning ablutions on the shores of the Zambezi. I soon noticed that I had been surreptitiously surrounded by a stealthy scion of Boers (spelled with an "e"). I had just reached for my hip flask, when a proto-reptilian of truly massive proportions suddenly propelled itself out of the placid stream, jaws agape with fangs like walrus tusks, and seized upon my captors-to-be in a frenzied foam of river algae and shredded undergarments..."

[McGavin999]

I guess she didn't get the attention she thought she deserved, and now has to invent a new twist to get herself back into the news. What a loser!

[Howlin]

ROFLMAO!

[Howlin]

Next thing you know, she'll be holding a press conference with Al Sharpton.

[WaterDragon]

Has there been any word on the fate of the little girl she took along for 'cover' and the driver of her vehicle, both of whom were left in the hands of the Taliban?

We must remember that the people of Afghanistan have complained that the Taliban regularly stole their children, sexually abused and tortured them and killed them. These are the people the Brit left a small child with.

[McGavin999]

LOL, someone get his number to her! You have to wonder what makes these people loath themselves so much that they have to pretend to be so morally superior.

[my_pointy_head_is_sharp]

...[she] was caught as she journeyed back to Pakistan. She was later released. ... "They (the Taliban) felt sorry for me. Someone had tried to convince them I was a spy, and it was a very clumsy attempt."

What a liar.

[<1/1,000,000th%]

OK, OK. I was merely observing that there are plenty of Freepers with the training and firepower to eliminate someone if they wanted to. Obviously they don't want to. Freepers are overwhelmingly law abiding.