The three Christian Peace activists who are still alive after their capture by Iraqi terrorists, the American fourth was murdered and his body dumped, have been rescued by a military operation.
The press release only says the men have been “released.” Not that they were rescued.
And then they blamed the people who rescued them for their capture.
“We believe the illegal occupation of Iraq by multinational forces is the root cause of the insecurity which led to this kidnapping and so much pain and suffering in Iraq today. The occupation must end,” the co-chairman of CPT Doug Pritchard told a news conference in Toronto.
from Reuter’s
I am embarrassed that these people are Christians.
But at least they are only being captured and killed, not killing others like the Muslim extremists.
March 23rd, 2006 at 6:56 pm
Hi – I just followed a link from the peace keepers page to here – I think your comment was deleted. Several were while I was reading it just now. I left a comment that will probably not be there in a while.
None of the comments looked over the top to me – but they were gone the second time I looked.
Anyway – just thought I’d say hi and I agree with you 100%.
Beth
March 23rd, 2006 at 6:58 pm
Christian Peace Niks Rescued by British and U.S. Troops
As I predicted shortly after their kidnapping, here, it was Our Troops that rescued the remaining Christian Peace Activitists.
It goes without saying that this wasn’t a hard call for me to make.
So now they have been freed by the very forces they…