Dhimmi Watch: Iraqi kidnappers release Cypriot after $200,000 ransom payment

January 2, 2006

Iraqi kidnappers release Cypriot after $200,000 ransom payment

Uh, I hate to spoil the party, but won't paying kidnappers lead to more kidnapping? Aethelred the Unready Alert from Cyprus: "Iraqi kidnappers release Cypriot after $200,000 ransom payment; Lebanon thanked for securing release," from Arab Times, with thanks to Twostellas:

NICOSIA, Cyprus (Agencies): A Cypriot man kidnapped in Iraq four months ago has been released after payment of a $200,000 ransom, relatives said Sunday. “This was the greatest present for me. I spoke to him and he is fine,” said his aunt, Rita Medzadourian.
Garabet Jekerjian, 41, who holds both Cypriot and Lebanese citizenship, was kidnapped by gunmen in Baghdad in August. It was unclear when he was released. He was released on the same day as six kidnapped employees of Sudan’s embassy in Iraq. His brother, Avo Jekerjian, told The Associated Press that Garabet Jekerjian was released in Baghdad on Saturday afternoon after the family paid a ransom of $200,000 to the kidnappers. He said the company his brother worked for contributed, but would not say how much.

Posted by Robert at January 2, 2006 6:17 PM
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Whp said
Islamic terrorism never pays

Obviously was not in the Kidnapping for ransom business...

We cant do this....

Keep on feeding the islamic Hydra...
by paying them off
the Jizra tax
Foreign aid...
and now you have entire governments
Caving into the islamic Faschists...

Are they NUTS!!!!!

Posted by: jingoist

at January 2, 2006 10:30 PM

What ever happened to those 2 Canadians and American activists who were "kidnapped"??

It was probably a hoax.

Posted by: Mullahmasher

at January 2, 2006 11:09 PM

Infidels should be encouraged by infidel governments to leave all muslim lands, and muslims should be expelled from infidel lands. If an infidel decides to travel to dar-al-islam, and something happens to him or her, it's his or her problem. That's how it should be. No need for silly wars to "liberate" islamofascists to become mullahocracies.

Posted by: US_infidel

at January 3, 2006 2:54 AM

Money for the Jihad...

Posted by: sheik yer'mami

at January 3, 2006 3:09 AM

The world needs to stop paying these ransoms. It's clear that most of the recent kidnappings are fake, and a way of funneling money to the terrorists. The "kidnapped" are collaborators with them. Any surprise that they are either ethnic Arabs or leftist sympathisers?

Posted by: Linda F

at January 3, 2006 5:36 AM

Disgusting selfish cowardice.

The man's family and employer paid, not his government. They were obviously not thinking, or caring, about the wider consequences of their actions.

Every man these days is like the dogrobber James Garner in "The Americanization of Emily," loyal only to his own self-righteous selfishness. Every man a cause unto himself, standing only for himself and himself alone.

There should be no warm homecoming for cowards such as these. They should hang their heads in shame whilst being pelted with rotten eggs by a jeering crowd.

Posted by: Rebecca JW

at January 3, 2006 9:17 AM