U.S. Forces Storm House, Free 4 Egyptians in Iraq

World - Reuters ^ | 2-7-05 | Anon

[Pharmboy]

CAIRO (Reuters) - U.S. forces stormed a house to free four Egyptian telecommunications engineers kidnapped in Iraq, the head of their Egyptian parent company told Egyptian television on Monday.

Naguib Sawiris, chairman of Orascom Telecom, said the four Egyptians were safe and the company had contacted their families to inform them that they were free. He was speaking from Algeria to an Egyptian state television program.

A U.S. military spokesman said he was unable immediately to confirm the report, but the military had heard media reports and were making checks.

The men were employed by a unit of the Egyptian telecoms firm Orascom, which has several contracts in Iraq, including running the Iraqna mobile phone service in Baghdad. They were working on a contract to install transmission towers around Baghdad, a company official said.

Scores of foreigners have been kidnapped in Iraq over the past year. Some have been released -- often after payment of ransoms -- but several have been killed by militant groups. Many more Iraqis have been kidnapped, usually for ransom.

[Pharmboy]

Outstanding!

[KC Burke]

hot damn

[My2Cents]

Awesome!

[KC Burke]

fyi

[e5man_r_u?]

I love it when a plan comes together!

[pfflier]

Someone must have talked.

Good!!!

[KC Burke]

The NYTimes will run a headline saying, "American Forces Place in Needless Dange."

[DTogo]

Yep, the neighbors ratted out the rats, I bet.

[pissant]

Excellent. It's getting to the point where we should be able to identify the jihadi-scum by the bags under their eyes. Gotta be tough to sleep knowing US soldiers may be paying you a visit at any moment.

[FreedomNeocon]

HUZZAH!

[comitatus]

Glad the Egyptians are alive, but I want to hear how many of their kidnappers are dead or captured.

[Southack]

"Someone must have talked."

Hard to say. Telecom engineers are known to have cell phones and satelite phones...which can be tracked.

[skr]

Praise God and magnificent job, U.S. troops!

[rdl6989]

Great news!

[Mr. Lucky]

I, personally, have a Dange that I haven't much needed for quite some time.

[KC Burke]

r

[Mr. Lucky]

oh.

[johnb838]

But they said they were going to release them!

[Pharmboy]

EXCELLENT point (I always learn at least one thing/day from Freepers).

[Pharmboy]

And they did!

[e5man_r_u?]

The NYTimes will run a story on how US Forces desicrated teh house of an innocent family needlessly.

[OpusatFR]

Very outstanding.

The Iraqi's are now turning on the terrorists who by all reports are not Iraqi's in most cases and turning them into the authorities.

This is what was needed.

[Pharmboy]

The great numbers of voters showing up at the polls undoubtedly gave many more people courage.

[KC Burke]

desicrated

Oh, I remember that term now. That is when Desi Arnez takes the house and breaks it all apart and puts it in a Crate. Right?

[ApplegateRanch]

But they said they were going to release them!

Problem with that is, all too often, they "release" them to God.

[e5man_r_u?]

Ha! Yeah something like that! :-)

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

Well, this is damn cool, guess AP didn't get the full story . here is what they said:

U.S. troops manning a checkpoint Monday discovered four Egyptian technicians who had been kidnapped the day before in Baghdad, an Egyptian diplomat said. The four were freed and some arrests were made, he added.

Report here:

Insurgents Strike at Iraqi Police; 30 Dead

[MEG33]

PING!

[TexKat]

U.S. Forces Storm House, Free 4 Egyptians in Iraq

Bravo!!!

[Calpernia]

U.S. forces stormed a house to free four Egyptian telecommunications engineers kidnapped in Iraq, the head of their Egyptian parent company told Egyptian television on Monday.

Naguib Sawiris, chairman of Orascom Telecom, said the four Egyptians were safe and the company had contacted their families to inform them that they were free. He was speaking from Algeria to an Egyptian state television program.

A U.S. military spokesman said he was unable immediately to confirm the report, but the military had heard media reports and were making checks.

[Calpernia]

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1338083/posts

BUMP! Thank you Ernest!

[hoosiermama]

It must be Bush's fault!

[hoosiermama]

There was a good thread late last night....said the people now had confidence and reports were way up.....And then there's the community that killed 5, & burned the car of the bullies....QUICK! SOmeone needs to notify the Swimmer.

[nutmeg]

ping!

Please FReepmail me if you want on or off my ‘miscellaneous’ ping list.

[Alamo-Girl]

Thanks for the ping!

[RaceBannon]

NYT Headlines:

Kidnapping threats continue despite election results

U.S. Forces unable to stop on-going kidnapping until almost too late