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Politics : I Will Continue to Continue, to Pretend....
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To: Sully- who wrote (19731)5/23/2006 4:46:07 PM
From: Sully-   of 35834
 
Paying Ransom for Hostages

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The London Times reveals how the governments of France, Italy, and Germany paid ransoms to release their citizens who had been kidnapped in Iraq.

<<< FRANCE, Italy and Germany sanctioned the payment of $45 million in deals to free nine hostages abducted in Iraq, according to documents seen by The Times.

All three governments have publicly denied paying ransom money. But according to the documents, held by security officials in Baghdad who have played a crucial role in hostage negotiations, sums from $2.5 million to $10 million per person have been paid over the past 21 months. >>>

Do they understand how they are encouraging more hostages to be taken now that they have demonstrated to the thugs in Iraq how profitable it can be to kidnap people from their countries?

timesonline.co.uk

timesonline.co.uk
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