Chinese Hostages Options

[直隸總督]

No word on fate of other civilians held by insurgents
Monday, April 12, 2004 Posted: 0059 GMT (0859 HKT)

BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) -- Seven Chinese men have been kidnapped by gunmen in central Iraq, apparently as they were traveling from the Jordanian border toward Baghdad, China's official state news agency Xinhua reports.

Al Arabiya television has also reported the kidnappings, saying it had received a videotape from hostage-takers with footage of the captives that it planned to air.

The head of a Chinese advance team setting up an embassy in Baghdad, Sun Bijan, told Xinhua that he was holding emergency meetings with officials in the Iraqi interior ministry and working through other channels, trying to obtain information about the hostages and secure their release.

The abduction took place near Fallujah.

It is unclear why the men -- who range in age from 18 to 49 and were all from Fujian province in southern China -- were traveling where they were in Iraq.

Xinhua reported the men might have taken a detour as they were traveling to Baghdad because the normal route from the Jordanian border to the capital has been closed by recent fighting.

The news agency attributed its reports on the kidnappings to Chinese officials in Baghdad and four released hostages who reported seeing the captives.

[Kulong]

Wow, I was just about to post this news.

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China opposed the war. China is helping out with rebuilding Iraq though. They are kidnapping Chinese citizens even though China isn't one of the countries who send troops to occupy their country...

This post has been edited by Kulong: Apr 11 2004, 07:47 PM

[直隸總督]

I don't know what do the Iraqis want from China

[Colordevil]

Members, any insights of this?

[直隸總督]

Members, any insights of this?

well, I don't see what's the point of this. China did not send troops into Iraq, we even opposed this war. USA isn't going to withdraw their troops just because of Chinese hostages.

[Colordevil]

I knwo something is up, yet do not expect this kind of surprise.

[Rad Raz]

Now I'm starting to believe those Iraqis are just seizing every asians they see. Without knowing or do not caring what their ethnicities are.

[YManchun]

The truth is those insurgents don't know what the hell they're doing. For all we know they're probably thinking those civilians are japanese or koreans.


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Now I'm starting to believe those Iraqis are just seizing every asians they see. Without knowing or do not caring what their ethnicities are.

For once we're thinking alike. I think.

This post has been edited by YManchun: Apr 11 2004, 07:59 PM

[Kulong]

The truth is those insurgents don't know what the hell they're doing. For all we know they're probably thinking those civilians are japanese or koreans.

That's what I was thinking...

This post has been edited by Kulong: Apr 11 2004, 08:00 PM

[Colordevil]

Pretty logical, yet, if they declared they weren't mistaken, then there will be alot of problems.

[Kulong]

<sigh> hao xin mei hao bao...

[huaren]

China should send armies to Iraq and rescue the Chinese Hostages.

<sigh> hao xin mei hao bao...

I agree, they have to remember that China help them alot including Pakistan. China help them to build fighter plane as well tranfer nuclear technology to them.

This post has been edited by huaren: Apr 11 2004, 08:08 PM

[直隸總督]

China should send armies to Iraq and rescue the Chinese Hostages.

it's against our national policy

[huaren]

China should send armies to Iraq and rescue the Chinese Hostages.

it's against our national policy

Who's that? The signature I mean.

[Colordevil]

Yes, I wonder why China did not take action yet, and it's as ???? describe, because of the natinal policy.

[YManchun]

I think once the insurgents realize they're chinese. They would release them.

[直隸總督]

well, they might torture the hostages though. Middle Easterners tend to harbor hatred on East Asians.

[Colordevil]

Yea, they would, probably, if not, hehe.....................

This post has been edited by Colordevil: Apr 11 2004, 08:19 PM

[huaren]

well, they might torture the hostages though. Middle Easterners tend to harbor hatred on East Asians.

Hopefully they will release the hostages.

[Colordevil]

Well do not knwo why, i do not have a good feelings for this......
I feel something is going to happen.