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Ex-hostage: Militants wanted Bush re-elected

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http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6742421/
PARIS - French journalists held hostage for four months in Iraq said their militant captors told them they wanted President Bush to win re-election.

In a four-page account of their ordeal, one of the reporters, Georges Malbrunot, also wrote that they saw several other hostages who were later decapitated. The journalists said their captors viewed foreign businessmen working in Iraq as their enemies.

One of the captors from the group calling itself the Islamic Army in Iraq said Bush?s re-election would boost their cause, Malbrunot wrote in Friday?s edition of Le Figaro, the French daily he works for.

?We want Bush because with him the American troops will stay in Iraq and that way we will be able to develop,? Malbrunot cited the captor as saying.

Bush beat Democrat John Kerry to win the presidency last month.

Another captor, who described himself as the group?s head of internal intelligence, told the men that the Islamic Army has four enemies: American and coalition troops, ?their collaborators, that is to say Italian businessmen, or even French,? as well Iraqi police and spies.

Malbrunot wrote that the Islamic Army has 15,000 to 17,000 members and that its hostage-takings are carefully organized.

?There are those who stop people on the roads, those that carry out interrogations, those that keep guard and those that judge,? he wrote.

He and fellow French reporter Christian Chesnot feared at times that they would be killed, he said.

Others hostages they saw who were later decapitated included two Macedonians, an Iraqi power station executive and a bodyguard for Ahmad Chalabi, a candidate in next month?s Iraqi elections and a one-time Pentagon favorite, he recounted.

Malbrunot, 41, and Chesnot, 38, were released Tuesday.

In a separate interview on RTL radio, Malbrunot said it would take time to recover from their ordeal. ?Sleeping, for example, is hard,? he said.

?But the life of a free man is far easier than that of a hostage,? he added.
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I know I've pointed this out before, but GWBush is the best thing that ever happened to Middle Eastern terrorism. Bush is a potent recruiting tool for them, uniting and inciting hatred towards the United States. As the icing on the cake, Bush's belligerent attitude towards the rest of the world undermines hopes of effective international collaboration against terrorism. If Bush isn't already on bin Laden's payroll, he should be.
 
Originally posted by: Bowfinger
I know I've pointed this out before, but GWBush is the best thing that ever happened to Middle Eastern terrorism. Bush is a potent recruiting tool for them, uniting and inciting hatred towards the United States. As the icing on the cake, Bush's belligerent attitude towards the rest of the world undermines hopes of effective international collaboration against terrorism. If Bush isn't already on bin Laden's payroll, he should be.
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He said he would be a uniter. Didn't lie there.


Oh, and all of the militants didn't want Bush re-elected....just 51% of them! :Q 😉
 
Originally posted by: Aimster
This is good for the U.S, no? We fight the war over there instead of here
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Iraq has bogged us down and terrorists are able to run rampant in other countries almost without impugnity (spelling?).
 
Originally posted by: Aimster
This is good for the U.S, no? We fight the war over there instead of here
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wrong. otherwise we would not be fighting any of them, or at least not the vast majority of them, who would be continuing their normal day to day lives.
 
Originally posted by: Aimster
This is good for the U.S, no? We fight the war over there instead of here
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Are all those random insurgents going to come over here if we stop fighting in Iraq and fight a war on US soil? That doesn't seem too likely, now does it?
 
Originally posted by: Bowfinger
I know I've pointed this out before, but GWBush is the best thing that ever happened to Middle Eastern terrorism.
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Better even than Reagan who funded and nurtured them in the 80s?
 
Originally posted by: Rainsford
Originally posted by: Aimster
This is good for the U.S, no? We fight the war over there instead of here
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Are all those random insurgents going to come over here if we stop fighting in Iraq and fight a war on US soil? That doesn't seem too likely, now does it?
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slippery slope argument. dismissed.
 
Originally posted by: Bowfinger
If Bush isn't already on bin Laden's payroll, he should be.
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But Bow, he already is.

Originally posted by: Engineer


He said he would be a uniter. Didn't lie there.


Oh, and all of the militants didn't want Bush re-elected....just 51% of them! :Q 😉
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A mandate? More political capital? Bush is the poster boy for terrorist recruiters worldwide.

 
Originally posted by: Bowfinger
I know I've pointed this out before, but GWBush is the best thing that ever happened to Middle Eastern terrorism. Bush is a potent recruiting tool for them, uniting and inciting hatred towards the United States. As the icing on the cake, Bush's belligerent attitude towards the rest of the world undermines hopes of effective international collaboration against terrorism. If Bush isn't already on bin Laden's payroll, he should be.
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I think the Bin Laden tape released just before the election sealed the victory for GWB. Hey, what are friends for?
 
Originally posted by: judasmachine
Originally posted by: russianpower
Originally posted by: slyedog
getting more funny with every post
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more sarcasm coming up
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Sorry, I couldn't resist. I do think they love Bush, as it gives them exactly what they want, a demon to vanguish.
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To the rebel leaders, it's Bush and his record is like us having a Hitler in WW2 to recruit new people and garner donations. At least that's my opinion.
 
French journalists quoting terrorist. Both wanting to make America look bad and wanting even more to make Bush look bad. Any chance they would make something up? The terrorist to brain brake the newsmen or the newsmen just to get a story beyond being released.
 
Originally posted by: Condor
French journalists quoting terrorist. Both wanting to make America look bad and wanting even more to make Bush look bad. Any chance they would make something up? The terrorist to brain brake the newsmen or the newsmen just to get a story beyond being released.
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damn those evil frenchmen, always out to get the americans:roll:
 
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