January 09, 2006
French Hostage Freed
Radio New Zealand reports that a French engineer held for more than a month was freed when his captors encountered a Coalition checkpoint:
Bernard Planche was released by his captors near Abu Ghraib prison, west of Baghdad, and is with the U.S. military.
Iraqi police say it appeared the captors were trying to move Mr Planche from one area to another when they encountered a joint U.S. and Iraqi army checkpoint.
They then bundled him out of their car and escaped.
A little known militant group called the "Surveillance for the Sake of Iraq Brigade" is believed to have been behind the kidnapping.
Gee, and France didn't even have to release a vicious murderer.
Also posted at The Dread Pundit Bluto.
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They didn't have to, they're all out running around Paris burning cars.
Posted by: Vinnie at January 09, 2006 12:43 AM (Kr6/f)
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So the real question is:
What will his statement be in his press release:
1.) Sympathetic, embracing his noble captors cause.
2.) Thankful to the Coalition for his rescue.
One could only hope, for #2.
Posted by: dave at January 09, 2006 07:23 AM (CcXvt)
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I'm starting to notice that the names of these "little-known" militant groups are growing steadily more unwieldy as all of the slick-sounding names are taken. The progession looks like something Monty Python would dream up:
Iraqi Islamic Jihad
Islamic Jihad of Iraq
Jihad for Islamic Iraq
Iraqi Militia for Islamic Jihad
Islamic Militia for Iraqi Jihad
Sword of Islam Iraqi Jihad Movement
Sword of Iraq Islamic Jihad Movement
Sword of Jihad Iraqi Islamic Movement
Milk of Magnesia Iraqi Bowel Movement
Martyrs' Brigade of the Iraqi People's Islamic Jihad
Iraqi Brigade of the Islamic People's Martyrs' Jihad
Martyr Scream for Islamic Jihad Iraqi People's Liberation Brigade
Martin Sheen in Dalai Lama's Bed and Ratty Little Nipples He Had.
I think we should brainstorm a full list and have somebody post copies about Baghdad to help new jihadis avoid name collision, which I think everyone would agree would be a good thing.
Posted by: ShannonKW at January 09, 2006 07:34 AM (dT1MB)
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What? No People's Front of Judea? Bloody splitters...
Posted by: Improbulus Maximus at January 09, 2006 09:24 AM (0yYS2)
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Bluto and Dr. S, have you seen this yet?
Corridors of Power: The lady was a spy
By ROLAND FLAMINI
UPI Chief International Correspondent
WASHINGTON, Jan. 9 (UPI) -- Susanne Osthoff, the German archeologist kidnapped by Iraqi gunmen on Nov. 25 and released before Christmas was connected with her country's intelligence service, the BND, and had helped arrange a meeting with a top member of the terrorist organization al-Qaida, possibly Abu Mussab al-Zarqawi himself, according to well informed German sources Sunday.
I just grabbed the link from here:
http://upi.com/InternationalIntelligence/view.php?StoryID=20060109-103853-9889r
... and was about to email it to Dr. S, but read that his email is pretty backed up. Cheers.
J.R.
Posted by: ReidBlog at January 09, 2006 02:36 PM (o1EiK)
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