Wednesday, May 09, 2007

Extremist group claims BBC newsman abduction in Gaza

A Palestinian extremist group on Wednesday claimed to be holding a BBC journalist kidnapped nearly two months ago in Gaza and demanded the release of a radical Muslim cleric in British custody.
In an audio clip posted on an Islamic website favoured by fighters in
Iraq and delivered to local journalists, the Army of Islam said it was behind the March 12 abduction of Alan Johnston, now missing for more than eight weeks.
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I wonder why the media are suddenly calling the terrorists who kidnapped Alan Johnston “extremists?” After all, kidnapping, bombing, shooting, murder and similar activities aren’t exactly unheard of in Gaza. How is that “extreme?”

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