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To: LindyBill who wrote (60162)	8/13/2004 3:41:10 PM
From: LindyBill	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793964

The British Journalist You cannot hope to bribe or twist, Thank God! the British journalist. But, seeing what the man will do unbribed, there’s no occasion to. —Humbert Wolfe This reporter wins the "Robert Fisk Award." Hands down. British Journalist Thanks Mujahideen As soon as the holy warriors in Basra discovered they had kidnapped a British journalist, they started treating him like what he was—a true friend: Kidnapped UK journalist released. (Hat tip: overwatch.) He thanked Mr Sadr’s aides for working for his release and said once his kidnappers had known he was a journalist, he had been “treated well”. Mr Brandon was kidnapped by 30 masked gunmen from his hotel room in the southern Iraqi city on Thursday night. In a hastily arranged press conference after his release, Mr Brandon, from London, thanked his kidnappers. He said: “Initially I was treated roughly, but once they knew I was a journalist I was treated well and I want to say thank you to the people who kidnapped me.”