[ppi] Re: [ppiindia] Where's the outrage?

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 --- amartien <amartien@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: 

The outrage goes not to the torturer, but to PM Tony
Blair.  That is Stockholm syndrome, friends.

Salam,
RM 

 
>
http://www.sky.com/skynews/article/0,,30000-13229873,00.html
> 
> 
> 
> BIGLEY CAGED AND CHAINED 
>  
> British hostage Ken Bigley has appeared caged,
> chained and pleading for his life in new video
> footage.
> 
> 
> In the harrowing recording, shown on the Arab TV
> channel al Jazeera, Mr Bigley renews his appeal for
> Tony Blair to meet the kidnappers' demands and save
> his life.        
> 
> He then breaks down in tears as he accuses Mr Blair
> of ignoring his plight.        
> 
> "He doesn't care about me. I'm just one..." he says
> before holding his head in his hands and sobbing.   
>     
> 
> He said his captors did not want to kill him.       
> 
> The family have thanked the captors for allowing
> them the opportunity to see him alive and again
> pleaded with them to show him mercy.      
> 
> In a statement, the family said: "We, as a family,
> feel that the ultimate decision to release him rests
> with you, the people who are holding him.     
> 
> "We once again ask you, please show mercy to my
> father and release him."     
> 
> Brother Paul said he was relieved that Mr Bigley was
> alive - but was distressed by the images.        
> 
> "Ken is alive, that is a good thing," he said.      
>  
> 
> "It does not look good with him caged like a hound
> but he is alive."                
> 
> He went on to say a message he had received on
> Tuesday night, claiming that Mr Bigley would be
> released, "was 100% genuine".        
> 
> The report said the Tawhid and Jihad group, headed
> by Jordanian terrorist Abu Musab al Zarqawi, would
> release him.         
> 
> Foreign Secretary Jack Straw said he was "concerned"
> about the conditions Mr Bigley was being kept in,
> which appeared to be a gross parody of the cages
> used to hold the prisoners at Guantanamo Bay. 
>  
> 
>  
>   
>  Mr Bigley is chained and caged
>  
>   
>         
> 
> But he added that it was also a "great relief" to
> the Bigley family that the engineer was alive.      
>   
> 
> The chairman of the Liverpool Mosque and Islamic
> Institute, Mohammad Akbar Ali, said he was delighted
> at the news.               
> 
> He said: "This would seem to offer some further hope
> that he will be released alive.               
> 
> "Let's hope that it is true. We look forward to his
> release with great delight."               
> 
> Mr Bigley was kidnapped in Baghdad on September 16
> with two Americans, Eugene Armstrong and Jack
> Hensley, both of whom were murdered.
> 
> But the website message claimed the terrorists were
> going to free the 62-year-old in order to
> "humiliate" the British Government.                 
>           
> 
> However, analysts urged caution over the report,
> pointing out that other claims made on Islamic
> websites had turned out to be completely false.     
>                        
> 
> One report said two Italian aid workers had been
> "slaughtered" - but it emeged last night that they
> had been freed.                             
> 
> There has been no firm news of his fate since his
> abductors, led by Abu Musab al Zarqawi, released a
> distressing video of him pleading for Prime Minister
> Tony Blair to save his life last week. 
> 
> 
> 
> 
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