September 22, 2004
Female Prisoners NOT Being Released
Some earlier reports said we were giving in to the demand by Abu Musab al Zarqawi's al-Tawhid Wal Jihad terrorist organization that "all female prisoners in Iraq be freed" or Briton Kenneth Bigley would be executed. The latest news is that these reports were false. I repeat, we are not caving to terrorist demands. R
euters:
Two Iraqi female prisoners being held by U.S. authorities in Iraq will not be released imminently, the U.S. embassy in Baghdad said on Wednesday.
"The two women are in legal and physical custody of the multinational forces in Iraq and neither will be released imminently," a spokesman for the U.S. embassy said.
Senior officials in the Iraqi Justice Ministry said earlier on Wednesday that at least one of the two, microbiologist Rihab Taha, could be freed as early as Wednesday following a review of her detention status.
If she had been freed, it might have opened the way for the release of British hostage Kenneth Bigley, seized by Islamic militants who have said they will execute him if female prisoners are not released from Iraqi prisons.
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Well that is what I get for listening to NPR. It is amazing how they jump on these stories and they are completely false. Their coverage of al-Sadr was particularly confusing. Dealing with these terrorists has always been the wrong move glad to see it hasn't happened here.
Suicide bombing in Israel just cam across the wire while I'm writing this.
Posted by: James at September 22, 2004 09:00 AM (rP4OC)
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http://apnews.myway.com/article/20040922/D858OCA00.html
Posted by: James at September 22, 2004 09:08 AM (rP4OC)
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Hold it... remember that transfer of power thing in June? Admittedly it was more symbolic than anything else, but at the end of the day it put the Iraqis in control above the Americans.
And according to Sky News "Iraqi judges have ordered the conditional release of two female Iraqi prisoners" http://www.sky.com/skynews/article/0,,30000-13227819,00.html
I agree of course that caving to terrorist demands is a VERY VERY bad idea - but there may be a way the interim government can spin this so its less a capitulation and more a coiincidence.
Even with their release Ken is probably gone - we can still hold out hope though. It's way too early to announce he's 'already dead' (Zarqawi gave no specific timeline for his deadline to expire remember!).
Keep praying
Posted by: Martin at September 22, 2004 09:15 AM (oOSwc)
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Arg! Just the prospect of an immenent release of the prisoners must be freaking out the families of the two murdered Americans.
Posted by: Jane at September 22, 2004 11:51 AM (AaBEz)
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