Troops Rescue Peace Activists

[cameronmclain]

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,188861,00.html


BAGHDAD, Iraq"”Coalition troops freed three Westernpeace workers early Thursday in a military raid carried out two weeks after kidnappers tortured and killed the American in the group and dumped his body on a Baghdad street.




Isn't this a conundrum? "Peace" Activists rescued by SOLDIERS!!!! HAHAHA. I bet they sure are thankful for them now!

Just proves (again) how naive these Libs are about the whole thing. They think they can go over there and "protest" and end the whole war. They're only getting themselves killed- and endangering our Soldiers more. They need to leave the "doing" to professionals- our Military.

I bet when they were being beaten by those diaperheads they were praying for the Troops to come save them (by whatever means necessary), when the reason they were there is to protest the Troops. It's never ending stupidity- [:'(][:'(][:'(][:'(][:'(][:'(][:'(]

[Tazman]

I have money that says if and when the protestors are interviewed they won't bad mouth their rescuers!

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[Canuck_Buck]

Apparently it was the Americans, British and Canadian Special Forces that did it. I think it was a very well thought out operation with the US leading the way...months of planning and good itelligence.

A Team of 20 or so Canucks too, that's awesome to hear. It would seem we now have a government leader that has some b*lls...lol

Very happy people in Canada these days ! Salute !

[Aught Six]

I have money that says if and when the protestors are interviewed they won't bad mouth their rescuers!

As a matter of fact, the rescued "Christian Peacemakers" have already denounced the U.S. military for rescuing them. At a press conference yesterday (in Canada) spokesmen for the group repeatedly told reporters that these three activists had been "released unharmed". The reporters didn't bat an eyelash at the claim.

In addition,the spokesmen went on tospeculateto reportersthat Tom Fox had been killed during a botched rescue mission, despite the fact that his autopsy report showed that he had been slashed and burned alive on a trash pile before being shot repeatedly in the chest and head.

These people are out to friggin' lunch.... [:@][:'(]

[Aught Six]

Here you go, from the CPT website.

http://www.cpt.org/iraq/response/06-23-03statement.htm

CPT Statement: CPTers Freed

23 March 2006

Our hearts are filled with joy today as we heard that Harmeet Singh Sooden, Jim Loney and Norman Kember have been freed safely in Baghdad. Christian Peacemaker Teams rejoices with their families and friends at the expectation of their return to their loved ones and community. Together we have endured uncertainty, hope, fear, grief and now joy during the four months since they were abducted in Baghdad.

...

Harmeet, Jim and Norman and Tom were in Iraq to learn of the struggles facing the people in that country. They went, motivated by a passion for justice and peace to live out a nonviolent alternative in a nation wracked by armed conflict. They knew that their only protection was in the power of the love of God and of their Iraqi and international co-workers. We believe that the illegal occupation of Iraq by Multinational Forces is the root cause of the insecurity which led to this kidnapping and so much pain and suffering in Iraq. The occupation must end.

Today, in the face of this joyful news, our faith compels us to love our enemies even when they have committed acts which caused great hardship to our friends and sorrow to their families. In the spirit of the prophetic nonviolence that motivated Jim, Norman, Harmeet and Tom to go to Iraq, we refuse to yield to a spirit of vengeance. We give thanks for the compassionate God who granted our friends courage and who sustained their spirits over the past months. We pray for strength and courage for ourselves so that, together, we can continue the nonviolent struggle for justice and peace.

[cameronmclain]

What a bunch of morons

[Canuck_Buck]

ORIGINAL: Aught Six

As a matter of fact, the rescued "Christian Peacemakers" have already denounced the U.S. military for rescuing them. At a press conference yesterday (in Canada) spokesmen for the group repeatedly told reporters that these three activists had been "released unharmed". The reporters didn't bat an eyelash at the claim.

Any statement of that kind would burn my a$$ too !
Christian Peacemaker Teams will of course come across as "Holy'er than Thou" because that's theiragenda.

It's par for their course to say the occupation is bad, blaa blaa blaa...they had to spew their rhetoric, it's what they do. We may not agree in methods.

Are these people (CPT) actually fighting a holy war without killing anyone and annoying the wrong people?, YES they are annoying people !

I wonder why those folks were taken hostage to begin with? Maybe because they were pushing Christianity where it was not welcome?
I say let people believe as they may, live and let live on religious beliefs.

If they attempt to convert people it's going to stir troubleas it's against hardcore Islamic "sharia" Law....and there are hardcore Islamic folks in Iraq as well as moderates and sympathetics. Iraq is on edge man, the people are tired and hurting, leave religion alone.

Maybe these groups should not be allowed in their unless they can stay religiously neutral to those they are helping. They won't get kidnapped then...lol

Oh wait, they are funded with money by people who want them there to push christianity...big suprise.>!

The CPT group addedan Addenda at the bottom of that article, stating:

We have been so overwhelmed and overjoyed to have Jim, Harmeet and Norman freed, that we have not adequately thanked the people involved with freeing them, nor remembered those still in captivity. So we offer these paragraphs as the first of several addenda:

We are grateful to the soldiers who risked their lives to free Jim, Norman and Harmeet. As peacemakers who hold firm to our commitment to nonviolence, we are also deeply grateful that they fired no shots to free our colleagues. We are thankful to all the people who gave of themselves sacrificially to free Jim, Norman, Harmeet and Tom over the last four months, and those supporters who prayed and wept for our brothers in captivity, for their loved ones and for us, their co-workers.

We will continue to advocate for the human rights of Iraqi detainees and assert their right to due process in a just legal system.

Aught Six, check out the last line here. Kind of a blanket statement eh ?

Iraq is building it's own legal system are they not ? Are these detainees being held because they J-Walked? Of course not, right?

Interesting enough, I wonder how many (if any)detainees are Christian. In my book a criminal is a criminal and in jail one loses certain rights. Maybe many of those detainees will end up executed for the crimes they commited.

Good points raised.