I am guessing it was something over ten million.
I wonder how many American soldiers will die as a result of weapons purchased with German blood money?
I don't see where it says Germany paid anything for her release.
I thought Germany's recent relase of a captured terrorist was payment.
Bush's fault. If only he hadn't cut off their finances, she wouldn't have been kidnapped.
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What did the German people think about this before her release? They are so anti-war. This woman sounds German in passport only -- she's Muslim and speaks Arabic. Was there pressure to negotiate with Zarqawi? How lovely, to give him more power in the world.
The German government, which reportedly paid ransom to get her back, is now whining because she's going back to Iraq.
You get what you pay for, terrorist subsidizers.
Apparently the latest little German Islamic apologist stated she "...was so happy to know that I had not fallen into the hands of criminals," and she demanded humanitarian aid for the Sunnis.
There is plenty more out her mouth here:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1547961/posts
Just a few quotes:
"I was so happy to know that I had not fallen into the hands of criminals," she said. Osthoff, a Muslim convert who speaks fluent Arabic, said her captors demanded German humanitarian aid for Iraq's Sunni Arabs and stated clearly that they did not want a ransom.
"They said we don't want money. Maybe we want from Germany, hospitals and schools in the Sunni triangle, an area northwest of Baghdad, and they would like to get money in the form of humanitarian aid," she said.
She described her captors as "poor people" and that she "cannot blame them for kidnapping her, as they cannot enter Baghdad's heavily fortified Green Zone to kidnap Americans."
Wow, it appears some European "women" have gone insane....
Semper Fi
I thought they freed that guy who killed the American back in the hostage situation years ago. He's wanted by us for murder. He was supposed to have a life sentence and suddenly the Germans freed him. I think THAT was the ransome.
These people are really amusing!
Ransoms from Italy and Germany paid for lots of Zarqawi's weapons and explosives--probably much more than can be offset by a two or three thousand rear-echelon troops.
Why doesn't Germany just give Zarqawi $25 million a month and avoid having to go through all that kidnapping hassle.
The really sad truth is that the Germans have opened up a can of worms. For example, when we go to the national parks, there are signs that ask "please don't feed the bears." That is because once the bears know that there is food, they return again and again and become increasingly aggressive. Its the same for terrorist. Once they see that Germany is willing to pony up the cash for hostages, rest assure they will be back for more.
Don't the Germans realize that the terrorist will accept the $25million and still hate the Germans the next day. With the World Cup on the horizon, the last thing the Germans need to do is encourage these terrorist.
Another reason to relocate the bases.
Al Jazeera interview - "she said her kidnappers were not criminals and had only demanded humanitarian aid for Sunni Arab regions. She had described her captors as "poor people" and that she "cannot blame them for kidnapping her, as they cannot enter (Baghdad's heavily fortified) Green Zone to kidnap Americans."
Al-Taqiyah