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Aided by Iraqis, U.S. Seizes Part of Rebel Town (Hostage rescued by US troops in Samarra!)
New York Times ^ | 10/2/04 | Ric lyman/Dexter Filkins

Posted on 10/02/2004 11:57:31 AM PDT by Mount Athos

In one home, a group of American soldiers made a surprising discovery: Yaltchin Kaya, a Turkish truck driver kidnapped about two weeks ago by insurgents. The Americans found him when they snapped the padlock on a stifling room. He had worked for KBR, the American military contractor. "Chalk one up for the good guys," said Specialist Jess Escamillas of the Army.


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: hostage; iraq; kbr; rescue; turkey
Only one of the articles covering the US brigade action in Samarra even mentions this hostage rescue at all... and that one article buries it on page 2! Ridiculous. This good news should be broadcast everywhere. I felt this deserved it's own post.
1 posted on 10/02/2004 11:57:31 AM PDT by Mount Athos
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To: Mount Athos

I think the MSM is just really confused as to how to report this. He was rescued... but he was an Occupier... and it's bad that he was kidnapped and all... but still it shows that Bush is inept and the Iraq war was a foolish misadventure... so it's like, "hmmm, interesting story but we can't really use it, just not sure where it fits". Stories like this put the MSM in a dilemma. I feel sorry for them in fact /sarcasm


2 posted on 10/02/2004 12:00:10 PM PDT by Dr. Frank fan
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To: Mount Athos

Good news does not help Kerry.......


3 posted on 10/02/2004 12:00:35 PM PDT by Krodg
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To: Mount Athos

How many more hostages could of been rescued had we pounded Fallujah and Samara in the ground? Hope this is the beginning of a turnaround.


4 posted on 10/02/2004 12:02:50 PM PDT by streetpreacher (Bush did not lead this country into an unjust war; Kerry led this country out of a just war.)
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To: streetpreacher

"could of" = "could have"

Apologize for the Arkansan translation.


5 posted on 10/02/2004 12:04:10 PM PDT by streetpreacher (Bush did not lead this country into an unjust war; Kerry led this country out of a just war.)
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Maybe this should be added to breaking news.
I'm so frustrated the Italian women hostages got so much coverage, their ransom of a million dollars going a long way to fund roadside bombs and encourage more hostage taking.
While this, gets buried. Maddening.


6 posted on 10/02/2004 12:05:00 PM PDT by Mount Athos
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To: Mount Athos
I was walking through the living room where the TV was on last night and I caught a glimpse of a photo they were showing with the blindfolded Turkish hostage sitting in front of the terrorists - and as I was exiting the room I thought I heard them say "rescued by US forces" and I ran back in but they were on to the next story! I wondered if I was imagining things. So glad to hear it's true! Yes!! Let's keep 'em coming!!
7 posted on 10/02/2004 12:11:59 PM PDT by GraceofGod
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Great news! Gee, what are he chances CBS will carry this?


8 posted on 10/02/2004 12:15:27 PM PDT by BradyLS (DO NOT FEED THE BEARS!)
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To: Mount Athos
I think this is in Breaking News.
9 posted on 10/02/2004 12:16:38 PM PDT by GraceofGod
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To: Mount Athos

Oh, I hope the British hostage is rescued next.


10 posted on 10/02/2004 12:17:10 PM PDT by diamond6 (Everyone who is for abortion has already been born. Ronald Reagan)
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To: Mount Athos

To prevent duplicates, please do not alter the heading. Thanks.


11 posted on 10/02/2004 12:22:21 PM PDT by Admin Moderator
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"I felt this deserved it's own post."

Indeed it did. It SHOULD be headline news.

The Mainstream Media is truly, truly, out of control. Over the weekend I was at my mom-in-law's. As always I rushed to read the "Can this Marriage Be Saved?" feature in Ladie's Home Journal. I have read that column for 35 years, at least. It is the longest running women's mag. feature in America, if not the world. What was the "story" this month? "our son may be sent to Iraq and our marriage is falling apart." Talk about your barf alerts. I THINK the stories are real, since they have started to run follow-up articles, but this was such a piece of anti-Bush, anti-WOT propaganda, I couldn't beleive it. I had to read the entire piece over this morning to make sure I wasn't screwy last night, reading it at 1 am.

The parents said all sorts of things about how they supported their son, but not the war, and the son even said that although he had originally supported the war, now he wasn't so sure about how things were being run now. It was such crap. I can't EVER remember them running any other of these stories with such an obvious political streak, ever.

They are really pulling out all the stops, from faking documents on CBS, to slanting sill stories in women's magazines. The long slow decline and fall of the 60s generation isn't going to be fun to watch. Nor will be their sheer hysteria when Bush is re-elected. I hope he wipes up the floor with M. Kerry, whose "friends" are doing him more harm than good, I'm afraid.

I'm sorry if this seems off topic, but I'm just so darn furious about it.


12 posted on 10/02/2004 12:46:46 PM PDT by jocon307 (Exuding grim purpose and resolve since 1958)
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To: Mount Athos
KBR = HALLIBURTON
13 posted on 10/02/2004 12:50:52 PM PDT by Steven W.
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To: Mount Athos
Praise God!

Thank you for posting this.

14 posted on 10/02/2004 1:10:09 PM PDT by rake (contact the sponsors of CBS! keep the heat on!)
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