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Old 10-08-2004, 14:29   #1 (permalink)
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Unhappy Kenneth Bigley Beheaded

(AP) - British hostage Kenneth Bigley, who pleaded tearfully last month for Prime Minister Tony Blair to meet his kidnappers' demands, was beheaded by his captors, his brother said Friday. "We can confirm that the family has now received absolute proof that Ken Bigley was executed by his captors." Phil Bigley said in a statement he read on national television in Britain.

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Old 10-08-2004, 16:09   #2 (permalink)
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Default Re: Kenneth Bigley Beheaded

The only chance one has is to escape from these savages, like the truck driver from Mississippi. These news reports must be especially chilling to him.

I think most ordinary Iraqi's react with the same disgust that we in this country do.
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Old 10-08-2004, 16:20   #3 (permalink)
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Default Re: Kenneth Bigley Beheaded

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The only chance one has is to escape from these savages, like the truck driver from Mississippi. These news reports must be especially chilling to him.
I hadn't thought about him Dan, but I bet you're right.



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I think most ordinary Iraqi's react with the same disgust that we in this country do.
I'd like to think that, but I wonder sometimes.
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Old 10-08-2004, 17:16   #4 (permalink)
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I think most ordinary Iraqi's react with the same disgust that we in this country do.
If so, the media is silent on this.
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Old 10-08-2004, 17:40   #5 (permalink)
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If so, the media is silent on this.
They are Carnage, as they always have been. Extremism sells. We all know it. You need to really dig for those who oppose this, and thee are many, many, many out there who do, but their voice is almost never heard because it goes contrary to the popular notion.

You know what really shocked me though - there is apparently a website showing these videos. One of my room mates went ape, like "Dude! You gotta see this!"

I almost threw up right there. Why would anyone want to see it? I told him right then and there that the next time he ran his mouth off like that when I'm around, he'd be puking his teeth out after I'm through with him. The idiot couldn't understand why I was so mad.....
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If so, the media is silent on this.
John. is right, silent Iraqi citizens that are revolted by this type of action is never reported. It's not "newsworthy"
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Default Re: Kenneth Bigley Beheaded

A poll on the subject in the Arab world said 97% of those asked thought the kidnappings were acceptable. I think it was on the BBC I read that so it will take some time to find the source. But I was shocked at the 97%...

I actually thought these Islamic Terrorist were going to show that they did still have a small amount of human compassion. Obviously they do not and we need to hunt them down and exterminate them.
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