Words of Blessing for South Koreans Christians held hostage

last SG · 2007-07-24T23:04:56+00:00

same goes for another group of people

An Eternal Now SG

One SKorean hostage killed, Taliban says
Posted: 25 July 2007 2034 hrs

KANDAHAR, Afghanistan: A Taliban spokesman said the militant group on Wednesday killed one of 23 South Korean hostages held in
Afghanistan.

There was no official confirmation of the claim.

"We killed one of the Koreans today because the government is not being honest in talks," Taliban spokesman Yousuf Ahmadi told AFP by telephone from an unknown location.

Ahmadi offered no proof of the claim and it could not be independently verified.

His claims last week that a German hostage had been killed proved to be untrue. - AFP/yy

An Eternal Now SG

The claim is made but not verified.

sanath SG

Do not believe this yet, latest news on Yahoo!JP (Japan), 8 of the Koreans have been released and are now being taken to a safe place for medical examination before being sent home to Korea.

An Eternal Now SG

Wow that's great for them!

AndrewPKYap SG

Mother Theresa was apparently a young virgin nun and she went into the streets of Calcutta to help the desperately poor. The streets of India, even today, is safe? Delusional.

If she was raped and killed, then people like you and those two from ~EH~ would be the first to condemn her "stupidity". Rolling Eyes

sanath SG

Hi,
please do not put words into my mouth ok, i deeply respect Mother Theresa, having come from a Catholic home.
However, i cannot condone the actions of the Koreans, because even though they may have gone to Afghanistan to go "volunteer" work, it is quite an open secret that they probably would have done missionary work as well, which as we know, is something taboo in Muslim countries. If that is not sheer stupidity, then i do not know what is. What's more you are talking about the Taliban, a group that does not know what is compassion, remember what happened in Afghanistan before they were toppled.

AndrewPKYap SG

Taliban threatens to kill South Korean hostages

Last Updated 25/07/2007, 22:22:50

South Korea says negotiations to free 23 citizens threatened with death by their Taliban captors in Afghanistan could drag on, with possible disagreement amongst the militants.

Foreign Minister Song Min-Soon told parliament the militia doesn't have a single united voice, which is causing confusion.http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/news/stories/s1988462.htm

LazerLordz SG

The militia won’t have a united voice because they are just dogs running around a campfire.

AndrewPKYap SG

Let me remind you what you said: "at least where she was working.... was a safe place." The poorest parts and the streets of Calcutta "was a safe place" ???!!!

sanath SG

“Safer” compared to war-torn and ravaged Afghanistan

AndrewPKYap SG

It is so hard to pray for people like that isn't it? The human instinct if to wish them a slow tortured death... but still..... *sigh*

LazerLordz SG

It's never easy..

AndrewPKYap SG

Taliban Threatens to Start Killing 'A Few' Korean Christian Captives
By
Michelle Vu
Christian Post Reporter
Wed, Jul. 25 2007 08:02 AM ET

A purported Taliban spokesman said Wednesday that talks over the fate of the 23 South Korean Christian hostages have stalled and that the militants plan to kill a few of the captives.

Breaking News

According to Reuters, the Taliban has killed one of the 23 South Korean hostages. Confirmation pending.

http://www.christianpost.com/article/20070725/28599_Taliban_Threatens_to_Start_Killing_'A_Few'_Korean_Christian_Captives.htm

sanath SG

NHK (Nippon Hoso Kyokai), 21:58
8 hostages have been confirmed released by a Taliban spokesman, however, the identities of those released have not been confirmed.

dumbdumb! SG

yep. very sure

AndrewPKYap SG

Not in Google news leh....

dumbdumb! SG

ok, this is gonna sound really stupid. But why can’t USA send their “John McClaine” or UK send their “James Bond” characters to help?

An Eternal Now SG

Because it is unrealistic to think that some super hero figure can storm in and save the people without killing lots of innocents.

dumbdumb! SG

but if the hostages were their own people, i'm sure they would hv sent in their secret service to take them out.

AndrewPKYap SG

Taliban kill one Korean hostage: Taliban spokesman
Wed Jul 25, 2007 8:28AM EDT

Afghan Taliban set new deadline for Korean hostages

KABUL (Reuters) - Afghanistan's Taliban killed one of the 23 Korean hostages on Wednesday after Kabul failed to free Taliban prisoners, a spokesman for the group said, adding insurgents would kill more if their demands were not met.

Afghan Taliban say patience running out on Koreans
Wed Jul 25, 2007 8:09AM EDT

KABUL (Reuters) - Taliban spokesman Qari Mohammad Yousuf said patience was running out in talks over 23 South Korean hostages kidnapped by insurgents in Afghanistan and said rebel prisoners must be freed by 0930 GMT on Wednesday.

"We had assurance from the Koreans that Kabul will release Taliban prisoners in batches and we will reciprocate," Yousuf told Reuters by telephone from an undisclosed location.

"We gave them eight Taliban names and they should have been freed by 7 pm (1430 GMT) yesterday, but nothing happened ...

"The Koreans should put pressure on Kabul on this for there is the risk that at any moment, any time something can happen to the hostages. If by two o'clock today (5:30 a.m. EDT), the Taliban are not freed, then some of them will probably be killed. Our patience is running out."

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