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Second Korean hostage found dead
BBC ^
| July 31, 2007
Posted on 07/30/2007 10:18:50 PM PDT by Ghayyour
A second South Korean hostage has been killed by the Taleban in central Afghanistan, local police say. They said the bullet-riddled body of the man was found at the side of the road in the village of Arizo Kalley, in Ghazni province.
The Taleban seized 23 Korean Christian aid workers, most of them women, on 19 July and shot dead their leader - a male pastor - last Wednesday.
Earlier, a video of the hostages was aired on Arabic TV station al-Jazeera.
A reporter for the Associated Press news agency at the scene said the victim appeared to be in his late 20s or early 30s and was found wearing white trousers and flip-flops.
A man claiming to speak on behalf of the Taleban said the militants had killed the Korean hostage on Monday evening because the Afghan government had refused its demands to release jailed rebels.
The BBC's Alistair Leithead in Afghanistan says the latest killing raises the stakes, piling pressure on Afghan President Hamid Karzai to save the remaining 21 captives.
The hostage video broadcast by al-Jazeera on Monday showed about seven women wearing headscarves with what appeared to be Taleban militants in the background.
The captives looked frightened but unharmed in the brief, shaky footage.
TOPICS: Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: hostages; korean; muslim; southkorea; southkoreanhostages; taliban
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posted on
07/30/2007 10:18:54 PM PDT
by
Ghayyour
To: Ghayyour
just sad to read, very sad.
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posted on
07/30/2007 10:24:24 PM PDT
by
rineaux
(the powers that be are laughing at us)
To: Ghayyour
where are the Christians rioting in the street with death to muzzie posters...
cowards, hypocrites and sub human POS.... killing people who risk their lives in order to bring comfort and aid to those of another religion.
Well at least the "moderate" muslims are condemning this....oh that's right...nevermind.
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posted on
07/30/2007 10:26:31 PM PDT
by
Dick Vomer
(liberals suck....... but it depends on what your definition of the word "suck" is.,)
To: Ghayyour
Any of you folks still think one could or should negotiate with these murderous lunatics...or even share the globe with them?
Forget it...
These folks NEED to be killed, in large numbers — without remorse.
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posted on
07/30/2007 10:26:37 PM PDT
by
river rat
(Semper Fi - You may turn the other cheek, but I prefer to look into my enemy's vacant dead eyes.)
To: Ghayyour
The religion of peace would sooner chop your gramma into pieces than look you in the eye.
But let's TALK to them, okay Obama!?
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posted on
07/30/2007 10:32:01 PM PDT
by
RushCrush
(Rush bot. Just waiting for instructions.)
To: river rat
No one should go to Afghanistan even not for help the people. There are many rich Arab country why don't they go there?
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posted on
07/30/2007 10:32:53 PM PDT
by
Ghayyour
To: river rat
The thought occurs ... I can't remember any women being murdered, other than their own.
We've seen plenty of men that have been viciously murdered/decapitated ... (and I confess, my age makes the memory cels short cirduit a lot) ... but, we have two men murdered, not cut up, and the women are still alive (I pray)
These throwbacks are worse and less than normal .... I propose Anchor Hocking re-form in the Middle East ... plenty of glass to be had.
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posted on
07/30/2007 10:33:14 PM PDT
by
knarf
(I say things that are true ... I have no proof ... but they're true.)
To: Dick Vomer
A true Muslim cannot be moderated. Can you find somewhere hot ice? naver.
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posted on
07/30/2007 10:36:12 PM PDT
by
Ghayyour
To: Ghayyour
The Koreans won’t forget this...no sir re.
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posted on
07/30/2007 10:42:29 PM PDT
by
blam
(Secure the border and enforce the law)
To: river rat
Any of you folks still think one could or should negotiate with these murderous lunatics... The Left will always tell you that this group was just an isolated extremist sect, and that next time it will be different.
-PJ
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posted on
07/30/2007 10:45:45 PM PDT
by
Political Junkie Too
(Repeal the 17th amendment -- it's the "Fairness Doctrine" for Congress!)
To: RushCrush
If there is piss in the Bottle and just to put label of Pepsi it would not be a Pepsi. In this same way just to put label of peace Islam cannot be a religion of peace.
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posted on
07/30/2007 10:49:48 PM PDT
by
Ghayyour
To: Ghayyour
Our L-rd Jesus said the Evil One would kill us for His Name. shalom b'shem Yah'shua Hamashiach
12
posted on
07/30/2007 10:58:23 PM PDT
by
Uri’el-2012
(you shall know that I, YHvH, your Savior, and your Redeemer, am the Elohim of Ya'aqob. Isaiah 60:16)
To: Ghayyour
But Lord Jesus Said to his disciples while they were going to preach Be as innocent as a dove and be as shroud as a snake
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posted on
07/30/2007 11:05:14 PM PDT
by
Ghayyour
To: blam
The Koreans wont forget this...no sir re. The impression I get, from talking to one Korean expat, is that the majority of S. Koreans blame Bush for dragging them into the conflict in Afghanistan and that plans were afoot to withdraw all their troops. Can anyone comment on whether this is accurate?
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posted on
07/30/2007 11:16:14 PM PDT
by
Ben Chad
To: rineaux
Karzai should put to death 10 imprisoned Taliban and then say release the South Korean hostages or more die. Don’t know if SK would like it, but obviously what is happening now is not getting them back.
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posted on
07/30/2007 11:20:06 PM PDT
by
pacpam
(action=consequence and applies in all cases - friend of victory)
To: Ghayyour
The BBC's Alistair Leithead in Afghanistan says the latest killing raises the stakes, piling pressure on Afghan President Hamid Karzai to save the remaining 21 captives. Sadly, releasing one of the people the Taliban wants released in exchange for the hostages will result in more than 21 deaths.
Each Taliban barbarian released in all likelyhood will kills hundreds of people.
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posted on
07/30/2007 11:30:09 PM PDT
by
BJungNan
To: Ghayyour
"There are many rich Arab country why don't they go there?"
Because rich Arabs have already been there:
Have they really left? The influence surely hasn't.
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posted on
07/30/2007 11:33:07 PM PDT
by
SaltyJoe
("Social Justice" for the Unborn Child)
To: pacpam
I'm sure someone will shortly come along to say that this idea is uncivilized and barbaric, but they started it. Yes, start killing off the captured Taliban as soon as each hostage is killed. Start shooting the Gitmo detainees as well. Make it a 10-to-1 ratio. Let them have no doubt that this will come to no good end. Let them have no doubt that we will avenge these brave souls tenfold. And let the Muslim recruiters in the USA take notice. This is not the same as them. This is not becoming like them. We don't hack peoples' heads off on video or kill people simply for being different. We were willing to let everyone follow their own path. But some are following a treacherous path. There are consequences for the actions that would terrorize peaceful society.
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posted on
07/30/2007 11:33:32 PM PDT
by
Sender
(A noble spirit embiggens the smallest man.)
To: Ben Chad
The impression I get, from talking to one Korean expat, is that the majority of S. Koreans blame Bush for dragging them into the conflict in Afghanistan and that plans were afoot to withdraw all their troops. Can anyone comment on whether this is accurate?First, tell you friend to go figure out how to guard his country's northern border. I want all our U.S. troops there to come home now!
To your question, it may be accurate but it is anedotal. In other words, whoever you talked to may believe that but it is not representative of all thinking on the subject.
South Korea owes its existence to the U.S. Even if the U.S. is wrong in the Afghanistan conflict, Korea owes the U.S. its support. Not because the U.S. expects its but because it is the right thing to do.
Your friend sounds very young and irresponsible. Or perhaps he figures no matter what he does the U.S. will always come to the aid of his country.
He may be correct in that view - unless one day the U.S. is prevented from coming to anyone's aid because, say, a nuclear tipped warhead capable of reach the U.S. prevents it from doing so.
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posted on
07/30/2007 11:37:20 PM PDT
by
BJungNan
To: river rat
Any of you folks still think one could or should negotiate with these murderous lunatics...or even share the globe with them?
"We are NOT advocating that America should negotiate with them. We are advocating that America should declare itself defeated and bug out."
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posted on
07/30/2007 11:43:20 PM PDT
by
Polybius
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