Kidnap effect and hostage diplomacy: Opinion
Three American and British hostages were kidnapped recently in Iraq. Failing in their demand for the release of women prisoners kept in Abu Ghraib and Umm Qasr prisons the kidnappers beheaded two Americans. They claimed that they would kill the other hostage if the demand were not answered. http://english.people.com.cn/200409/23/eng20040923_158055.html
人質は拉致されるか?
Three American and British hostages were kidnapped recently in Iraq.
水／湯を沸かす。 芋／天ぷらを揚げる。 ・・・の話かね。
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2091-1337670,00.html
Ishaq Manzoor, for Jaish-e-Muslimeen, speaking via satellite phone from the Pakistan-Afghanistan border, added that they were “safe so far”. The Army of Muslims purports to be a hardline faction of the Taliban, Afghanistan’s former ruling group. Other reports have suggested the three hostages were kidnapped by a local warlord because of their role in organising the elections.
