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To: DeplorableIrredeemableRedneck who wrote (9785)9/3/2007 8:58:00 AM
From: Proud_Infidel   of 20106
 
Taleban vows to abduct more foreigners
Khaleej Times and Associated Press ^ | 31 August 2007 | Chris Brummitt, Fisnik Abrashi

khaleejtimes.com

Taleban militants vowed to abduct more foreigners after ending a six-week hostage drama by releasing the last seven of a group of kidnapped South Koreans under a deal with the Seoul government.

We will do the same thing with the other allies in Afghanistan, because we found this way to be successful,’ Taleban spokesman Qari Yousef Ahmadi told the Associated Press via cell phone from an undisclosed location.

The seven hostages were handed over Thursday to the International Committee of the Red Cross in two separate exchanges close to the central Afghan city of Ghazni, Red Cross officials and an Associated Press reporter said. The freed hostages did not speak to reporters.

The South Korean government and relatives of the hostages _ all of whom belonged to a Presbyterian church close to Seoul _ have insisted they were not engaged in missionary activities, but were doing aid work such as helping in hospitals.

In Washington, the State Department welcomed the hostages’ release. When asked if South Korea’s negotiations with the Taleban set a dangerous precedent, spokesman Tom Casey refrained from directly criticizing the Seoul government.

I’d simply reiterate that the long-standing US policy is ... not to make concessions to terrorists,’

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