Bigley's brother wants to ransom him

I understand the pain and anxiety that Bigley's brother is experiencing. I hope he will also consider the pain and anxiety that innumerable other relatives of future hostages will face if the hostage takers discover that kidnapping is a profitable enterprise. From AAP:

The brother of Iraq hostage Ken Bigley was investigating whether it might be possible to buy his sibling's life.

Paul Bigley was looking into reports in a Kuwaiti newspaper that a new Iraqi militant group had intervened to help negotiate the 62-year-old engineer's release.

He said he had heard the reports which suggested that "a different gang will want to sell him back to us".

He is now checking their authenticity with his business contacts in the Middle East.

"If this is the case we will have to buy him back, it is as simple as that," he said.

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"If this is the case we will have to buy him back, it is as simple as that," he said.

Well, Mr. Paul Bigley, I doubt you will ever read this, but you had better be prepared to secure the release of all future hostages by "buying" them back. Got deep pockets?

Whatever happened to "the needs of the many outweigh the wants of a few"????

Why surprised? We only need to re-read the history of African muslims selling their neighbors to slave traders for $$. Mohammed himself began & condoned the practice. It continues in the Sudan, and elsewhere, based on the "perfect man's" teachings!

Raid on Bigley's Brother, Telegraph, 2nd October:

"Dutch intelligence officers raided the home of Kenneth Bigley's brother last night. An intelligence officer from the Foreign Office is understood to have accompanied them to Paul Bigley's home in Amsterdam"

"Paul Bigley's computer was seized and he was interrogated about his alleged contact with the Tawhid and Jihad group, which yesterday claimed responsibility for Thursday's killing of at least 35 children in Baghdad.

Material from his computer was downloaded and sent back for analysis in Britain as he was forced to make a five-page statement."

Type in "Bigley" in Telegraph search option for 2nd Oct. Sorry, I cannot figure out how to post links.

Although I feel very deeply for Mr. Bigley's family, his brother's efforts are very selfish. He either doesn't know or doesn't care about the consequences that ransom would make by putting more Westerners at risk and by making more money available for Islamic jihad. Furthermore he seems to be a collaborator, putting us all at risk.

Bigley's brother is an opportunist. It almost seems as though he is using his brother's kidnapping as an excuse to carry on a personnel struggle against the Iraq War. He has been adopted as a mascot of the anti-war movement and I wouldn't be surprised that if his brother is released he will praise the kidnappers and say he supports their struggle.

Are they working together?

He has kept his head the longest. Why?

Im very skeptical... It smells fishy

No Islam, Know Peace

Al Qaeda for Kerry!

OK, this from posters at lgf.

Seems the 2 Italian women, some earlier jap hostages etc are all leftist moonbats working in tandem with the kidnappers (Hey, how is that one particular baghdad-based Italian charity has given 3 hostages in aprila nd more in spet to the terrorists?) to give negative publcity to the Iraq situation and also make the islamists some $millions on their ransoms from their govt.s. This Bigley affair seems equally fishy.

This amount of active sabotage against your own countries by the left is sickening... I just can't understand hatred this deep-rooted from westerners.... It goes against the basic impulse of self-preservation. And all this in return for what??

If Ken Bigley's suffering is genuine, that is terrible. But you have to remember that he went there on his own accord knowing full well the risks.

However I thought that there was something strange about him when his wife was interviewed for the first time because she couldn't speak English although they'd been married for about 8 years. Unless he speaks Thai, which I doubt given the Brits' poor showing at language learning, you can but wonder what their relationship was really all about.

It seems well dodgy.

Perhaps it's time to stop using the word "left" and call these people what they've chosen to become - islamofascists. They're against gays, women's rights, Jews and Christianity and thus have more in common with the Third Reich than with the old notions of egalitarian socialism. The old left were supposedly against tyrants - the new left support them. In all their inclinations the new "left" are fascist and rascist. Let's not give them the "cool" moniker (in their eyes at least) of "Left" any longer - let's call them what they really are .

I would very much like to see a christian group kidnap a few muslims and then placing a "for sale" ad in a muslim paper,and sell them to the higher bidder,like sheep .
CAIR and the rest of the muslim appologists allover the world would probably have seizures and strokes as well as much deserved heart attacks.
I hope such a day will come ,sooner than later.

OT, but I shall be very curious to see if attacks Increase or decrease during Ramadan, which begins October 15th and runs to the (14th?) of November. If they truly believed in 'peace,' then we could hope the elections would be untroubled.... I know, don't hold my breath.

Found Paul Bigley's remarks very offensive : this guy seems to be on a Jihad of his own. Suppose we have to take into consideration these 'patriots' have been earning big money in the Middle East.
If he is 'purely' trying to save his brother why has his home been raided by police??
Re: photogenic Simonas ransomed,whole thing is sounding very odd...How could you describe someone
who held a knife to your throat as'treating you well with dignity??'The very lack of info given out about their captivity is puzzling to say the least... Am starting to wonder if this is a publicity stunt by the Left. Next time, bet Italian govt won't be going around in frenzied circles trying to ranson THEM!!

And the cycle continues,money for terrorism to take more hostages for more money.

Oh,and the American's and Jews get the blame.


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If ROBERT SPENCER could write about Islam, hostage taking, ransoming captives, it would be great. He's probably done it before but .....

This skullduggery has been going on since Mo' walked the earth. Arabs did it prior to Mo' but Mo' blessed it with the patina of religion.

For the sake of discussion, let's assume that at least a few of the kidnap victims are in cahoots with the thugs at some level.

But for those who would genuinely prefer at least SOME chance at rescue should they be taken, it is past time to consent to the surgical implantation of a tracking device. It could be accomplished with a very small incision, and would not only give them a crack at rescue, it could conceivably help locate the jerks who took them.

Sure, the thugs could dump their victim somewhere, dead or alive, and then leave the scene in order to escape quick detection, or they could change their tactic to the immediate, rather than the delayed murder of their victims. Clearly, it is not the intention of the Islamofreaks to release most of their captives for any reason, since their demands are so often patently impossible to satisfy.Their goal, as usual, is to put on the most gruesome, "terrifying" show they can. This could be achieved simply by littering the area with bodies without the video-taped throat-slitting ceremony, if they are afraid that holding their victims alive for prolonged periods might lead to their own capture.

Only purely criminal elements who interested in making a load of cash rather than in terror will negotiate seriously for the release of captives.

I have come to destroy Reza.

Dear cubed,

Proposing implantation of tracking devices here, as I believe you have been doing for some time, will probably not get to the people who could and should do so.

Your idea is an excellent one, only it should probably be sent to the Pentagon, perhaps to Rumsfeld and some of his people. As Defense is supposed to have the largest intelligence budget, as well as command of the special forces that would retrieve the hostage and neutralize the kidnappers, it appears preferable to CIA.

I don't know any other way to get it to the right people,unless they read the COMMENTS section on this website.

This Bigley affair is getting fishier and fishier. Paul Bigley claims his house has been raided a third time:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/Iraq/Story/0,2763,1318902,00.html

and now the Iraqis are claiming they might let him go because he's really "Irish" and not "British".


http://news.independent.co.uk/world/middle_east/story.jsp?story=568512

Yeah -- right. He helped them get the two American hostages they wanted, has been used for propaganda purposes, and now he's set to go free. His life is not worth more than the two Americans who were savagely slaughtered.

Let's not forget Bigley's odd behaviour prior to the kidnappings, of which he was informed were imminent:


http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/news/articles/13323736?source=Evening%20Standard

This whole thing smacks of a set-up to me, and if he's found guilty, he ought to be charged for the death of the two Americans, who died like heroes.

Unicorns,

I only wish ANY of us could reach ANYONE among the "Powers that Be." It's an exercise in futility, though, and I suppose I keep talking about the tracking device to relieve some of the stress that I am experiencing because of the "brick wall" represented by people who could consider such a plan. People like Robert, who are experts in Islam, write books, speak, have websites, and people like us comment to each other, write our senators and representatives, we send letters to the editor, we get on our radio talk shows, but there just seems to be no way to get through.

It's all very frustrating. I'm no expert at tracting devices, but I know a thing or two about surgery.

Thank you for your response--I really wish you were in a policy-making position!

Elephant:

There was a piece on the BBC on the poor suffering wife of Mr Bigley. Now I too found that Mrs Bigley's lack of any verbal skills in English, as odd - as quite a few Thais speak English and certainly one who is married to an Englishman.

Then came the comment from the BBC that Mrs Bigley spent considerable time praying to her God - Buddha.

What has the BBC come to? It is supposed to inform and educate.

cubed

Think on star I mean if some guy on the phone can open your car door whay not loc on to a bodt we put pace makers in people and they run for years you have a good Idea and we would at least be able to KILL THE MONSTERS BEFORE THEY COULD KILL AGAIN!!

Tabari IX:75 “He who holds fast to his religion, Judaism or Christianity, is not to be tempted from it. It is incumbent on them to pay the jizyah protection tax. For every adult, male or female, free or slave, one full denarius, or its value in al-ma’afir [fine cloth]. He who pays that to the Messenger has the protection of Allah and His Messenger, and he who holds back from it is the enemy of Allah and His Messenger.”


NO THEY KILLED THE AMERICANS AND THEY HAVE COMMITED A CRIME? BUT THEY SEE THE RANSOM AS THEIR RIGHT?

I SAY THEY MUST BE KILLED FOR THEIR CRIME!!


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For they have even commited a crime in mulsums EYES!!

dennisw

Converning Muslim's kidnapping and ransoming infidels, I thought that you might find the following snippet interesting.

An area in Kenningston, London around Onslow Sq was built around 1850 as a part of a 84 acre estate as a part of a charitable trust to raise money to ransoming Christian captives of Turkish pirates.


The koran instructs Muslims to do thus:
'When you meet the unbelievers in the battlefield strike off their heads, and when you have laid them low, bind your captives firmly. Then grant them their freedom or take a ransom from them, until War shall lat down her burdens'

(Sura 47:4)

Carlie
Read the links and agree with you. Notice article in Guardian says 'Al Jazeera were so helpful and got through to the Isurgents within half an hour!' I bet they did!!Wouldn't surprise me if those bastards are present filming beheading videos as well...Kenneth Bigley's behaviour before kidnappings was so damned odd that am now certain this is why his brother's house was raided. Notice how eager our Ken is to add to his nest egg so he can go and join his Thai
bride. There is something rotten which stinks about the whole affair and there are two hideously
slaughtered Americans to account for...

Ken Bigley is a hard-working man who was kidnapped by ruthless terrorist thugs, he may have been a little gullible to think that because he is "understanding of the terrorists cause", they would treat him differently.

His brother Paul, however, is an ignorant loudmouthed loser, who cares about no-one but himself, there is no anxiety in his voice when he speaks on TV, all he wants to do is try and belittle the War, and Bush/Blairs efforts, using his brothers kidnapping as ammo.

A man in his position should be showing what evil pigs the scum who've captured Ken are, but instead would rather be seen to be licking their asses. I wish someone would kidnap or ,better still, decapitate HIM!!!

Carlie,
I think you might be right about that. All through this I've thought something about it stinks, but the smell was unidentifiable at first.
But after re-watching all the news footage of the Bigley/ransom videos, re-reading all the articles , plus your links and comments, I think I've finally worked out the source of the smell :
Bullshit.

As I said in my previous post (which I posted yesterday before I got stuck into my personal investigation), something about the way Ken Bigleys brothers are acting every time we see them arse-licking on TV is WRONG, their attitudes are all WRONG the way they are so expressionless, the way the use their weeping mother as propaganda, the way the american hostages were decapitated first, yet Ken is still alive (so what if he's got Irish blood, so have millions of americans), there are just so amny things about htis entire escapade that are just so WRONG, WRONG, WRONG !!!

I'm going to get in touch with the Sun about this, it really stinks, the Bigleys have been hired out by either Al qaeda, or some other bain of the islamic world ; otherwise why would Gaddaphi, Arafat, Moqtada al Sadr as well as other unmentionables be in on the "free Bigley campaign"??? Because they actually give a shit about one old man from Liverpool, or to be part of the islamic propaganda elite???

Why have we all been so fooled by this (me included)???

This amount of active sabotage against your own countries by the left is sickening... I just can't understand hatred this deep-rooted from westerners.... It goes against the basic impulse of self-preservation. And all this in return for what??


Posted by: voletti at October 3, 2004 11:05 AM

Voletti,
It's either just blind political opposition, or insanity...... the only conclusions I can draw from it mate.







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