Second Korean Killed in Afganistan

last SG · 2007-08-01T17:47:20+00:00

The sad thing is, they are so insignificant to the US people that not many US christians that I know bother to talk about it.

banzie SG

kaoz... why not you say look thsoe dog tag like device on their neck... so when they are release... boom all explode...

Think only existed in movie.

xaih SG

Sad Sad Sad Sad Sad

LazerLordz SG

Hostage rescue bid begins in Afghanistan: official

Wed Aug 1, 2007 8:23 AM EDT
By Yousuf Azimy

GHAZNI, Afghanistan (Reuters) - A military operation to rescue the remaining 21 Korean hostages held by Taliban insurgents in Afghanistan began on Wednesday, hours after a Taliban deadline expired, a provincial official said.
"The operation has started," said Khowja Seddiqi, the district chief of Ghazni's Qarabagh district, where the Taliban kidnapped 23 Korean Christian volunteers nearly two weeks ago.
He did not give more details or say which forces were involved.

dumbdumb! SG

i heard they denied it

boka SG

Indeed but for the blade of justice

LazerLordz SG

Deniability works best. Cool

vince69 SG

haha... can't remember who is the one who thought of this first...

following their remarks that it permits "an eye for an eye", then the Koreans' family can also do the same...
Go find out the who is in the leadership council of the Taliban (sure they can get this list easily one), then go kidnap all their relatives, then can us these prisoner to exchange for their own family members...
(maybe 10 Taliban relatives to 1 Korean prisoner)

next time, they will know, everytime they do this type, their relatives all will kenna the same also....

LazerLordz SG

The Russians kidnapped the family of Chechen separatists. One Russian field commander was rumoured to have cut off the fingers of a militant who beheaded his soldiers, and mailed the fingers to the militant's family one by one.

Short Ninja SG

The Russians are brutal and yet the best in the business when dealing with these people but...Ahem.......do not send them back to Afghanistan cuz their backside already kena before Laughing

blowfish SG

So how the recuse

kipnosky SG

Put it this way. You accede to the exchange and next thing you know, every terrorist/revolutionary group will be using this tactic. No foreigner will be safe on the streets. If the Taliban prisoners are released, they will go on and kill more people. This sounds very cold and heartless but it's a tough position for any government to be in.

kiss29 SG

Why can't we just give in to them and give them their land and let them be happy.
I am sure thats what they want...freedom and a place to call home!

The world can be a better place to live in....just have to be more tolerable.

Icemoon SG

Better kidnap people than blow up the street right?

Kidnapping people does not inflict physical harm on the hostages. If everyone follows the rules, the hostages will be released. You may even buddy buddy with your kidnappers.

Kidnapping may be the most peaceful way of achieving your objective. You can blow up the US embassy, intimidating the enemy. Or you can take hostages.

GoodBook SG

Wahahaha good idea! How come nobody do that huh? Can make the exchange liao then bomb the shit out of all the terrorists once the hostages are cleared. Twisted Evil

Kenashi SG

Question
what a weird way of thinking u got
if everyone give in, why do we need government for Rolling Eyes
just pick a knife n threaten to kill someone n the government will pay up
siao Confused
next time no need to fight war liao, just threaten to kill someone is enough to bring a nation to its knees Laughing

kipnosky SG

If I am not wrong, the Taliban are thinking of using the same type of insurgency as in Iraq, ie. bombings and terrorising with violence.

It will be counterproductive for a government to exchange hostages for prisoners IMO. It takes a lot to catch an insurgent while you can grab hostages anywhere off the streets.

t_a_s SG

The koreans are silly, why go to this country to do volunteer work in hospital, better go Africa to help those children, the government should warn them of the danger if they go to Afgan or Iraq,

mrwonderful SG

Its quite simple. If the Afghan govt again acedes to the demands of the Taliban and exchange prisoners for hostages, whatever the ratio whether 1:1 or 1:5 or 5:1, what will happen you guess???

Thats right, Taliban will start actively kidnapping any foreigner they can lay their hands on so they can continue trading hostages for prisoners. And Afghan govt cannot promote it. So Afghan govt cannot be blamed also.

We cannot just think of these current S. Korean hostages without seeing future reprecussions if the Afghan govt allows a trade. If so, next time Taliban will capture another bigger group of foreigners.

I guess the only way is to conduct a raid or some special ops to rescue them already, which will be very difficult seeing that they are all hidden in different locations and some of them health is deteriorating rapidly.

kipnosky SG

Actually, the Korean Foreign Ministry did warn Koreans not to go to Afghanistan but the churches and pastors choose otherwise. In some ways, these church leaders should be held accountable for leading their people into harm's way.

GoodBook SG

Then they might demand for more land. Next they might demand for YOUR land. What then?

Back then Hitler demanded for land and the united nations give in and he demanded for more and more until it became WWII.

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