Whatever happened to the hostages recently taken? Did they die?

saracat

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Sat Dec-31-05 02:00 PM
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Whatever happened to the hostages recently taken? Did they die?

Edited on Sat Dec-31-05 02:05 PM by saracat

MSM is not saying anything, yet we STILL hear about that stupid Natalee Holloway story! What about the hostages?????????

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spindrifter

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Sat Dec-31-05 02:03 PM
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1. If you mean

the British woman and her parents, they were released.

http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/12/31/gaza.britons/

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saracat

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Sat Dec-31-05 02:04 PM
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3. No . The American and the Canadians they were going to execute.

Edited on Sat Dec-31-05 02:05 PM by saracat

I think they also had a Brit.

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saracat

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Sat Dec-31-05 02:06 PM
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4. And this was in Iraq!

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alphafemale

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Sat Dec-31-05 02:04 PM
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2. Seems like I remember at least one of them being released.

German?

In the rush of everything else it was hard to keep up.

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spindrifter

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Sat Dec-31-05 02:14 PM
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5. Last news through

Google was no word on the Canadian hostage. That was 12-21.

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saracat

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Sat Dec-31-05 02:44 PM
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6. What about the American man?

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Blue_In_AK

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Sat Dec-31-05 07:15 PM
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11. Are you talking about Schulz, the electrician from Alaska?

I think there was a video of someone ultimately being killed with his picture or passport. There was some question at first of whether he was really dead, even though someone had claimed credit, but the video seemed to settle the matter. That was the last we heard about it up here, and the coverage was pretty extensive for a few days.

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AntiCoup2K4

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Sat Dec-31-05 03:11 PM
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7. They probably postponed the "hostage crisis"

.....So the treasonous Blackwater sons of bitches holding them could spend the holidays with their families.

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Spazito

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Sat Dec-31-05 04:46 PM
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8. There has been NO communication at all since the last deadline

passed. No word at all whether they are still alive or not. They have not been released from what I have read. The Canadian news covered it during the Christmas holidays with the families.

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spooky3

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Sat Dec-31-05 04:55 PM
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9. I had exactly the same question while driving today. I'm glad

we don't have news that they were lost.

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CBHagman

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Sat Dec-31-05 07:04 PM
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10. German captive Susanne Osthoff was released.

Tom Fox and his three companions, all members of the Christian Peacemaker Team, have not been accounted for. Their captors had said the four would be executed if all prisoners in Iraq were not released by a certain date. The deadline was extended, then passed, and nothing has been heard.

I would recommend checking the BBC website periodically for answers. As one of the captives is British (the other two are a Canadian and a New Zealander, I believe), they give updates. I checked today and learned there was no new information.

http://www.bbc.co.uk

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