U.S Student kidnapped in west bank
miller8966
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Even when people try to help their situation all these people seem to know is violence...
NABLUS, West Bank (AP) -- An American student teaching in West Bank refugee camps was reported missing Wednesday, and his project manager said he had been kidnapped.
A blurred copy of a passport and student card carrying the name Michael Leighton Phillips was obtained by The Associated Press in Gaza. Palestinian security said they did not know of such a group and could not confirmed that the American had been abducted.
Samah Atout, manager of Project Hope, said she received a call saying Phillips had been kidnapped. She refused to give further details.
She said Phillips was working with Project Hope in refugee camps near the West Bank city of Nablus, teaching English.
Foreigners have been kidnapped and held briefly in Nablus in the past, then released unharmed. The most recent case was in February, during the storm over the Danish caricatures of the Prophet Mohammed, when a German volunteer was abducted and held for several hours.
NABLUS, West Bank (AP) -- An American student teaching in West Bank refugee camps was reported missing Wednesday, and his project manager said he had been kidnapped.
A blurred copy of a passport and student card carrying the name Michael Leighton Phillips was obtained by The Associated Press in Gaza. Palestinian security said they did not know of such a group and could not confirmed that the American had been abducted.
Samah Atout, manager of Project Hope, said she received a call saying Phillips had been kidnapped. She refused to give further details.
She said Phillips was working with Project Hope in refugee camps near the West Bank city of Nablus, teaching English.
Foreigners have been kidnapped and held briefly in Nablus in the past, then released unharmed. The most recent case was in February, during the storm over the Danish caricatures of the Prophet Mohammed, when a German volunteer was abducted and held for several hours.
America...the greatest Country in the world.
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' Rabi'a Abu Layl, a senior activist with the al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades, told Ynet: "Not only we have no contact with them, but we condemn
the incident. If this youth was kidnapped in Nablus itself, then the issue is serious since foreign teenagers staying here despite the situation are usually volunteers who come to help us on humanitarian missions."
Abu-Layl added: "This is the first time we hear of this group appearing in Nablus. I believe the statement is not reliable; no Palestinian group would harm international activists, who not only support us, but live among us like Palestinians. We eat with them, drink with them and work with them. It is impossible that a real Palestinian group stands behind the incident." '
you even left out the headline:
'Ansar Al Sunna group, know to be operating in Iraq, sends fax to Reuters news agency saying it kidnapped American youth in Nablus '
who is ansar al sunna, you ask?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ansar_al-Sunnah
an Islamist militant group in Iraq that fought the US-led occupation and US-backed interim government of Iyad Allawi, and continues to fight the new ruling government of Nouri al-Maliki. The group is based in northern and central Iraq, and includes both Iraqi Kurdish and Sunni Arab religious radicals and possibly some foreign fighters
but, hey, don't let me stop your racist hating and attack on palestinians
he had a voice that was strong and loud and
i swallowed his facade cos i'm so
eager to identify with
someone above the crowd
someone who seemed to feel the same
someone prepared to lead the way
So are you saying that the Israeli's have never engaged in violence against Palestinians? Have you not heard of the illegal 36 year military occupation?
Yes we are all well aware that there has been Israeli violence against Palestinians. But I don't ever recall Israeli's kidnapping an aide worker. Why are you defending these idiots?
Totally OWNED !! LMAO at Miller !! That was probably too much for him to read past the first couple of paragraphs...words get so large....headache....
Freedom is Slavery
Ignorance is Strength
You don't recall Israeli's kidnapping any aide workers? O.k. Have you ever heard of Israeli's murdering aid workers? I'll give you just two examples: Tom Hurndall, and Rachel Corrie.
You speak of the Palestinians kidnapping an aid worker as if it's the crime of the century. When an Israeli soldier shoots and kills a 6 year old Palestinian child for throwing stones at his armoured vehicle do you vent the same type of rage, or is that deemed a lesser crime in your scheme of things?
http://hrw.org/reports/2005/iopt0605/8.htm
wow thats a pretty inflammatory and demeaning sentence...hopefully the mods will ban you.
what's your suggestion...I'm serious...what should be done...?
Kill 'em all.
atheism
http://forums.pearljam.com/showthread.php?t=272825
Wed Oct 11, 6:00 PM ET
A previously unknown Palestinian armed group briefly kidnapped an American student volunteer in the West Bank on Wednesday but released him within hours and unconditionally, a Palestinian security source said.
Michael Phillips, 24, was returned to his lodgings in the city of Nablus unharmed after local Palestinian officials intervened to secure his release, the source said.
"I'm fine, and I'm happy that this incident is over," Phillips told Reuters by telephone. Asked if he had been mistreated by his captors, he said: "Nothing like that happened."
A group calling itself Ansar Assuna seized Phillips at around 5 p.m., faxing Reuters a copy of his passport, Israeli entry visa, and student card. The group had no known links to Palestinian militants waging a 6-year-old revolt against Israel.
In a later statement, Ansar Assuna said the abduction sought to "confront the American war on Islam" and demanded the release of Palestinian women and minors imprisoned in Israel.
Phillips works as an English teacher with a pro-Palestinian charity in Nablus. His abduction drew condemnation from the U.S. State Department.
The kidnapping follows the abduction of two journalists working for the American Fox New Channel in the Gaza Strip in August. They were held by militants for two weeks before being freed.
was like a picture
of a sunny day
“We can complain because rose bushes have thorns, or rejoice because thorn bushes have roses.”
― Abraham Lincoln
Good news!
Man is least himself when he talks in his own person. Give him a mask, and he will tell you the truth.
-Oscar Wilde
if you go missing here we just assume a rogue crocodile ate you.
or if you're a backpacker maybe buried in a state forest somewhere.
take a good look
this could be the day
hold my hand
lie beside me
i just need to say
Maybe you should volunteer in the West Bank.
Freedom is Slavery
Ignorance is Strength
so funny that the mods havent banned you...could it be cause your LIBERAL?
www.amnesty.org.uk