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March 23, 2006

What we got here is a willingness to miscommunicate.

You probably heard about the Christian Peacemaker Team that was kidnapped in Iraq. Its a four month old hostage situation, where the American member was summarily executed and dumped on a Baghdad street.

Happily, the surviving CPT are all safe'n'sound now. Being curious about what they'd say, I checked their website for info.

The CPT press release says this:

Our hearts are filled with joy today as we heard that Harmeet Singh Sooden, Jim Loney and Norman Kember have been safely released in Baghdad. Christian Peacemaker Teams rejoices with their families and friends at the expectation of their return to their loved ones and community.

Relase by their munificent kidnappers? No. Rescued by US and British Special Forces. No mention of rescue in their release, however (though they do blame the multinational occupiers as the root cause of their kidnapping).

I bet they weren't shouting "Occupiers out!" as they were ungagged and unbound.

And because Star Wars has a line for every occasion:
HAN: (sarcastically) Maybe you'd like it back in your cell, Your Highness.

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Update: From CNN's report:

U.S. and British forces acting on a tip from a detainee today rescued three Christian peace activists without firing a shot, a U.S. military spokesman said.

A tip from a detainee, you say? How ironic.

Scrawled illegibly by Meathe at March 23, 2006 11:03 AM

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