Ex-hostage hires bounty hunters

Herald Sun ^ | 06/26/05 | Herald Sun

[Pikamax]

Ex-hostage hires bounty hunters

26jun05

A HOSTAGE held alongside Australian Douglas Wood in Iraq has hired bounty hunters to track down his former captors, promising to eliminate them one by one.

Swede Ulf Hjertstrom, who was held for several weeks with Mr Wood in Baghdad, was released by his kidnappers on May 30. Mr Hjertstrom has since claimed he shared information with US and Iraqi troops about Mr Wood which led to the release of the 63-year-old Australian engineers two weeks ago, after 47 days in captivity.

Now, he wants to find those responsible.

"I have now put some people to work to find these bastards," he told the Ten Network today.

"I invested about $50,000 so far and we will get them one by one."

[Tired of Taxes]

Think it'll work...?

[spetznaz]

They'd have to be able to blend in perfectly, and not just that but be able to locate the bloody kooks responsible for the guy's abduction. The first is extremely difficult (if at all possible), and the second is not any easier. All that can be hoped for is that these bounty crew gets as many of the bad guys as possible, and more importantly does not get in the way of our military.

I have deep doubts on their ability to do ANY of the above. But I do hope they do some good (and stay out of the military's hair).

[Mo1]

Think it'll work...?

Can't hurt I guess

[spetznaz]

these bounty crew = this bounty crew

[Andy from Beaverton]

Keep us posted. If he gets them, it may put the fear of Allah in other terrorists.

[kenavi]

Think it'll work...?

Is he talking about a hit squad, or rather paying for info that he can turn over to the American command to act on?

[zeugma]

This is excellent. I wish him well. his captors deserve no more sympathy than those they beheaded.