Comments on: Westerners kidnapped in Baghdad — with 40 Iraqi police cars on the scene http://hotair.com/archives/2007/05/29/westerners-kidnapped-in-baghdad-with-40-iraqi-police-cars-on-the-scene/ The world’s first, full-service conservative Internet broadcast network Wed, 15 Feb 2012 06:29:33 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Hot Air » Blog Archive » Iraqi government to Iran: Hey, thanks for getting the militias to stop killing people http://hotair.com/archives/2007/05/29/westerners-kidnapped-in-baghdad-with-40-iraqi-police-cars-on-the-scene/comment-page-1/#comment-784465 Hot Air » Blog Archive » Iraqi government to Iran: Hey, thanks for getting the militias to stop killing people Mon, 19 Nov 2007 01:11:22 +0000 http://hotair.com/archives/2007/05/29/westerners-kidnapped-in-baghdad-with-40-iraqi-police-cars-on-the-scene/#comment-784465 [...] also got the scoop about the latest demands from the scum who kidnapped those British hostages back in May. Long story short, they want to exchange them for a man who’ll be familiar to longtime HA [...] [...] also got the scoop about the latest demands from the scum who kidnapped those British hostages back in May. Long story short, they want to exchange them for a man who’ll be familiar to longtime HA [...]

]]> By: Hot Air » Blog Archive » Prime suspect emerges in kidnapping of Brits in Baghdad http://hotair.com/archives/2007/05/29/westerners-kidnapped-in-baghdad-with-40-iraqi-police-cars-on-the-scene/comment-page-1/#comment-434688 Hot Air » Blog Archive » Prime suspect emerges in kidnapping of Brits in Baghdad Wed, 30 May 2007 15:32:48 +0000 http://hotair.com/archives/2007/05/29/westerners-kidnapped-in-baghdad-with-40-iraqi-police-cars-on-the-scene/#comment-434688 [...] Like everyone else, I guessed the who and why within five minutes of hearing about it. But I’m still surprised they’d pull something like this in a ministry run by a member of SCIRI, their archrivals for Shiite domination. Either SCIRI’s going to respond somehow or else they were in on it too, which isn’t entirely impossible given that they have their own personnel in Basra and will benefit from having the British put on notice that killing militia leaders is apt to make some of your citizens disappear. Iraq’s most prominent Shia militia has emerged as the chief suspect in the kidnappings of five British nationals in Iraq. [...] [...] Like everyone else, I guessed the who and why within five minutes of hearing about it. But I’m still surprised they’d pull something like this in a ministry run by a member of SCIRI, their archrivals for Shiite domination. Either SCIRI’s going to respond somehow or else they were in on it too, which isn’t entirely impossible given that they have their own personnel in Basra and will benefit from having the British put on notice that killing militia leaders is apt to make some of your citizens disappear. Iraq’s most prominent Shia militia has emerged as the chief suspect in the kidnappings of five British nationals in Iraq. [...]

]]> By: NightmareOnKStreet http://hotair.com/archives/2007/05/29/westerners-kidnapped-in-baghdad-with-40-iraqi-police-cars-on-the-scene/comment-page-1/#comment-433202 NightmareOnKStreet Tue, 29 May 2007 18:22:13 +0000 http://hotair.com/archives/2007/05/29/westerners-kidnapped-in-baghdad-with-40-iraqi-police-cars-on-the-scene/#comment-433202 <blockquote>They’re not sure who the victims are at the moment, but they suspect it’s a German finance expert and his British bodyguards; the Daily Mirror notes that other reports say it’s three German <strong>computer programmers </strong>and their bodyguards.</blockquote> If it turns out that they kidnapped three <em>computer programmers</em>, are we in for an Estonia-type cyber attack or even worse, will they try to "interfere" with the U.S. military operations?

They’re not sure who the victims are at the moment, but they suspect it’s a German finance expert and his British bodyguards; the Daily Mirror notes that other reports say it’s three German computer programmers and their bodyguards.

If it turns out that they kidnapped three computer programmers, are we in for an Estonia-type cyber attack or even worse, will they try to “interfere” with the U.S. military operations?

]]> By: BadBrad http://hotair.com/archives/2007/05/29/westerners-kidnapped-in-baghdad-with-40-iraqi-police-cars-on-the-scene/comment-page-1/#comment-433177 BadBrad Tue, 29 May 2007 18:02:42 +0000 http://hotair.com/archives/2007/05/29/westerners-kidnapped-in-baghdad-with-40-iraqi-police-cars-on-the-scene/#comment-433177 Sadr should have been killed in 2003.... Sadr should have been killed in 2003….

]]> By: Tim Burton http://hotair.com/archives/2007/05/29/westerners-kidnapped-in-baghdad-with-40-iraqi-police-cars-on-the-scene/comment-page-1/#comment-433126 Tim Burton Tue, 29 May 2007 17:41:49 +0000 http://hotair.com/archives/2007/05/29/westerners-kidnapped-in-baghdad-with-40-iraqi-police-cars-on-the-scene/#comment-433126 When are we going to start slaughtering the Mahdi Army. Seriously. Where are they mostly stationed at? Bomb it! When are we going to start slaughtering the Mahdi Army. Seriously. Where are they mostly stationed at? Bomb it!

]]> By: soulsirkus http://hotair.com/archives/2007/05/29/westerners-kidnapped-in-baghdad-with-40-iraqi-police-cars-on-the-scene/comment-page-1/#comment-433081 soulsirkus Tue, 29 May 2007 17:16:10 +0000 http://hotair.com/archives/2007/05/29/westerners-kidnapped-in-baghdad-with-40-iraqi-police-cars-on-the-scene/#comment-433081 Bagh boys Bagh boys, whatcha gonna do, whatcha gonna do when they come for you... Bagh boys Bagh boys, whatcha gonna do, whatcha gonna do when they come for you…

]]> By: Seixon http://hotair.com/archives/2007/05/29/westerners-kidnapped-in-baghdad-with-40-iraqi-police-cars-on-the-scene/comment-page-1/#comment-433028 Seixon Tue, 29 May 2007 16:58:49 +0000 http://hotair.com/archives/2007/05/29/westerners-kidnapped-in-baghdad-with-40-iraqi-police-cars-on-the-scene/#comment-433028 40 police cars? Hmmm. That sounds like one of those Iraqi tales I've read about earlier. Exaggeration is, shall we say, on the menu. 40 police cars? Hmmm. That sounds like one of those Iraqi tales I’ve read about earlier. Exaggeration is, shall we say, on the menu.

]]> By: MirCat http://hotair.com/archives/2007/05/29/westerners-kidnapped-in-baghdad-with-40-iraqi-police-cars-on-the-scene/comment-page-1/#comment-433002 MirCat Tue, 29 May 2007 16:48:30 +0000 http://hotair.com/archives/2007/05/29/westerners-kidnapped-in-baghdad-with-40-iraqi-police-cars-on-the-scene/#comment-433002 Wasn't there a story a few months back about a lot of uniforms being stolen? - The Cat Wasn’t there a story a few months back about a lot of uniforms being stolen?

- The Cat

]]> By: pedestrian http://hotair.com/archives/2007/05/29/westerners-kidnapped-in-baghdad-with-40-iraqi-police-cars-on-the-scene/comment-page-1/#comment-432978 pedestrian Tue, 29 May 2007 16:37:40 +0000 http://hotair.com/archives/2007/05/29/westerners-kidnapped-in-baghdad-with-40-iraqi-police-cars-on-the-scene/#comment-432978 <blockquote>Unlikely — the Beeb reports that the foreign office is putting together a crisis team and holding emergency meetings. </blockquote> Considering what shape their country is in, exactly what kind of meetings were they having before this?

Unlikely — the Beeb reports that the foreign office is putting together a crisis team and holding emergency meetings.

Considering what shape their country is in, exactly what kind of meetings were they having before this?

]]> By: abinitioadinfinitum http://hotair.com/archives/2007/05/29/westerners-kidnapped-in-baghdad-with-40-iraqi-police-cars-on-the-scene/comment-page-1/#comment-432935 abinitioadinfinitum Tue, 29 May 2007 16:16:14 +0000 http://hotair.com/archives/2007/05/29/westerners-kidnapped-in-baghdad-with-40-iraqi-police-cars-on-the-scene/#comment-432935 <blockquote>Could this have been a legitimate police operation? U<strike>nlikely</strike> — the Beeb reports that the foreign office is putting together a crisis team and holding emergency meetings.</blockquote> I won't hold my breath.

Could this have been a legitimate police operation? Unlikely — the Beeb reports that the foreign office is putting together a crisis team and holding emergency meetings.

I won’t hold my breath.

]]> By: Viper1 http://hotair.com/archives/2007/05/29/westerners-kidnapped-in-baghdad-with-40-iraqi-police-cars-on-the-scene/comment-page-1/#comment-432925 Viper1 Tue, 29 May 2007 16:09:15 +0000 http://hotair.com/archives/2007/05/29/westerners-kidnapped-in-baghdad-with-40-iraqi-police-cars-on-the-scene/#comment-432925 Is it time to leave there yet? whats the point if we keep training these tards in the latest tactical and technical forms of policing and soldiering if all they do is turn around and revert to their old ways utilizing the knowledge we have bestowed upon them? whats the frikkin point? Is it time to leave there yet? whats the point if we keep training these tards in the latest tactical and technical forms of policing and soldiering if all they do is turn around and revert to their old ways utilizing the knowledge we have bestowed upon them? whats the frikkin point?

]]> By: TexasDan http://hotair.com/archives/2007/05/29/westerners-kidnapped-in-baghdad-with-40-iraqi-police-cars-on-the-scene/comment-page-1/#comment-432916 TexasDan Tue, 29 May 2007 16:02:00 +0000 http://hotair.com/archives/2007/05/29/westerners-kidnapped-in-baghdad-with-40-iraqi-police-cars-on-the-scene/#comment-432916 <blockquote> if the plan next year is to redeploy to Kurdistan while the Sunnis and Shia slug it out, how exactly is that going to work if the Turks are dropping bombs on the area? </blockquote> oh, <em>that</em>. Well, to keep the kurds firmly on our side, we'd eventually have to carve out part of Turkey for them anyway. It's really just an arguement of sooner vs. later.

if the plan next year is to redeploy to Kurdistan while the Sunnis and Shia slug it out, how exactly is that going to work if the Turks are dropping bombs on the area?

oh, that. Well, to keep the kurds firmly on our side, we’d eventually have to carve out part of Turkey for them anyway. It’s really just an arguement of sooner vs. later.

]]> By: Romeo13 http://hotair.com/archives/2007/05/29/westerners-kidnapped-in-baghdad-with-40-iraqi-police-cars-on-the-scene/comment-page-1/#comment-432901 Romeo13 Tue, 29 May 2007 15:55:58 +0000 http://hotair.com/archives/2007/05/29/westerners-kidnapped-in-baghdad-with-40-iraqi-police-cars-on-the-scene/#comment-432901 <blockquote>Buck Turgidson on May 29, 2007 at 11:37 AM</blockquote> No... actualy it is all dependent on who you think your group/tribe is... remember, you are also wired for YOUR ethnic tribe/group to survive, not theirs...

Buck Turgidson on May 29, 2007 at 11:37 AM

No… actualy it is all dependent on who you think your group/tribe is… remember, you are also wired for YOUR ethnic tribe/group to survive, not theirs…

]]> By: Buck Turgidson http://hotair.com/archives/2007/05/29/westerners-kidnapped-in-baghdad-with-40-iraqi-police-cars-on-the-scene/comment-page-1/#comment-432870 Buck Turgidson Tue, 29 May 2007 15:37:05 +0000 http://hotair.com/archives/2007/05/29/westerners-kidnapped-in-baghdad-with-40-iraqi-police-cars-on-the-scene/#comment-432870 There must be a glitch in their hard wiring toward empathetic, moral behavior. There must be a glitch in their hard wiring toward empathetic, moral behavior.

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