Breaking: Bullet-riddled body of S. Korean found…Update: Report of freed hostages denied
The bullet-riddled body of a South Korean hostage was found by police Wednesday in central Afghanistan after a purported Taliban spokesman said the militants had killed one of the captives.
The male victim had 10 bullet holes in his head, chest and stomach, and was discovered in the Mushaki area of Qarabagh district in Ghazni province, said police officer Abdul Rahman.
The Taliban spokesman said earlier that the hostage was was killed because Afghan authorities hadn’t met their demands to release other militants from prison.
Chosun identifies the victim
as a male pastor:
Taliban militants who are holding 23 Korean hostages in Afghanistan killed one male hostage at 4 p.m. on Wednesday (8:30 p.m. KST), a purported spokesman for the group said. The Afghan government confirmed a hostage had been killed, while the Afghan Islamic Press quoted the spokesman, Qari Yousuf Ahmadi, as saying the name of the victim was “Hon Qud son of Hochim.” The victim is believed to be a 42-year-old pastor named Bae Hyung-kyu. “Since Kabul’s administration did not listen to our demand and did not free our prisoners, the Taliban shot dead a male Korean hostage,” he told Reuters.
The Taliban, who had set 6:30 p.m. Wednesday as their negotiating deadline, threatened to kill the hostages after a new deadline on Thursday, 1 a.m. “If the administration of Kabul is not ready to release our hostages, then by 1 a.m. the rest of the hostages will be killed,” Ahmadi said. “That time is the last deadline.”
Korean news station KBS says the Taliban spokesman is denying that other hostages were freed:
A purported Taliban spokesman says the Taliban militants killed a South Korean hostage and dumped his body in the Musheky area of the Qarabagh district in Ghazni province.
Qari Yousuf Ahmadi said the Taliban shot and killed a male South Korean hostage because the Afghan government had been refusing their demands. He warned that more hostages will be killed if their demands are not met.
Reports in Seoul said the killed hostage is believed to be 42-year-old pastor Bae Hyung-kyu who led the South Korean group to Afghanistan on a volunteer work mission.
Ahmadi also denied reports that eight hostages had been released, calling it an Afghan government ploy to get an upper hand in hostage negotiations.
The Muslim rebel group has set 5:30 a.m. Korean standard time Thursday, as the final deadline for negotiations.
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Truly tragic.
What is OUR government going to do about this?
Lying scum said “he was sick and couldnt walk so he was killed” These murderers need to be caught.
When are we going to take the gloves off and deal with these monsters?
MSNBC’s website has the story, with a picture of a Korean girl holding a “Troops out of Afghanistan” sign….
I thought Afghanistan was where we SHOULD be fighting? Isn’t that what all the liberals complain about?
I guess we should just pack up wherever we are and come home, close the door, lock the gates and shut the blinds.
very troubling ……..I am deeply saddened.
Of course it’s Christians being killed and no one cares on the LIBERAL SIDE, do they?
If so, put up OR shut up.
Meanwhile, while our allies in this war have civilian hostages being taken and killed, our congress has accomplished a great feat:
S. Res. 280, congratulating the Anaheim Ducks for winning the 2007 Stanley Cup Championship, was agreed to.
Not to mention the fact that they have named 20 post offices.
Send your letters and emails of thanks and congratulations to your respective legislators.
“Reports in Seoul said the killed hostage is believed to be 42-year-old pastor Bae Hyung-kyu who led the South Korean group to Afghanistan on a volunteer work mission”
No good deed goes unpunished…Animals!
Very sad. I hope the remainder still in captivity are released safely soon.
…meanwhile, back at the ranch, the world keeps hitting the snooze button…
jrl,
Even being a Duck’s fan I have to agree there are way more important issues.
Gayle, Message: I Care.
Not a peep about this occurence on Drudge.
Nothing at the Human Rights Watch front page about this, but look what is:
Let the ROK (Republic of Korea) troops handle the Taliban. The ROKs know how to deal with savages.
Of course, the Taliban shot the Christian clergyman first. If you were an ignorant and intolerant Muslim fighting to establish a world-wide Muslim empire, who would you shoot?
This is a perfect expression of the Muslim doctrine of war as written in the Koran and hadith and demonstrated by Mohammed: convert, submit, or die. The Korean clergyman did not convert to Islam. The government did not submit to the Taliban. So the Taliban started killing infidels. It’s perfectly Islamic.
Gee, ya think these are bad guys we’re dealing with?
Just remember that this is what “extremists” want to do to all of us infidels.
Too many people think this is only in the movies, it’s not, it’s real.
Is resistance futile or are we willing to do what it takes to survive?
Simple question, undeniable answer.
Because there’s no do overs.
Good to hear, MikeB - but there’s nothing about this situation on Huffington - Daily Kos….
The left is more concerned about Hillary / O’Reilly / Gonzales / Meirs
MikeB, wanna earn some respect on here?
Go tell your liberal winged friends to post this story and to ask their media heads to tell it on CBS/ABC/NBC/CNN.
How about it?
Tantor, This is the samething my husband said to me, let the ROC handle this their way. How many ROC are there in Afghanistan?
Somebody get John Edwards on the phone and find out if its all still just a ‘bumper sticker slogan’.
Any outrage from Amnesty International???
[crickets chirping]
Why yes!! They are outraged that this Christian bigot deliberately splattered his blood all over some peaceful Muslim’s robes.
When I have a few red wing wasps flying
about my head during the daytime, I simply withdraw until I am safe.
Now what to do?
Do I just keep my distance and let them be, hoping they will never bother me again? What about my kids, how will I protect them? Do I train them that the wasp is of no danger? Will we ever be safe? Should we just move and let the wasp have the house?
No I do not think so.
What I do is arm myself with a surefire
wasp spray, wait till dark when the nest is full and kill them all.
BAMM
I see that my earlier observation in a prior thread on this topic was mistaken: I’d figured that the Talis would behead the male prisoners, per their 7th Century mores. They can come to grips with the modern world, at least to the degree it helps them become more efficient murderers.
To that extent, I stand corrected. Otherwise, as for the fates of the remaining four men and eighteen women, if the Talis are true to their absolutist take on Mohammedanism then for the former it’s more bullets, and the latter the auction block.
Brian Preston from hotair.com. said it best: “These Koreans are living out the Christian faith in ways most of us can’t and won’t live up to. The Talibanis are unfortunately living up to their faith in a way that’s become all too common.” (Preston Hotair.com, “Taliban holds 23 hostages”)
Too bad Preston was a zoomie, should have been a Marine.
God bless the soul of Bae Hyung-kyu. Your family is in my prayers.
May I ask what a zoomie is?
answers.com
Zoomie
A pejorative term for Marines assigned to an aviation unit or all members of the Air Force.
I guess josetheguerrila is just making fun of use “fly boys” in the Air Force. No harm on foul. When I used to transport Marine units to a location they would stay in the field we would stay in the Hilton. It was a dirty job, but somebody had to do it.
On a serious note my prayers to these poor people held by their medieval captures. It is time of the West to start adhering to the International Law of Armed Conflict and to treat unlawful combatants in the same manner they treat their captives.
Thanks, thats what I thought, lol, dad was in AF for twenty years and never heard it b4,,,,,,
My brother is in peace. The Lord Shows Mercy.
He also enacts Vegance. I pray these monsters call upon His Mercy, otherwise they will Taste His Wrath.
May they come to repentance for their sin, and call upon the Name of the Gracious God and be saved!
Amen, brother. ROC soldiers won’t stand for that crap.
I fear that the rest of the captives will soon meet the same fate, regardless of whether or not the demands are met.
Correct me if I am wrong, Bommer, but aren’t unlawful combatants, or partisans, subject to immediate execution under the International Law of Armed Combat?
Sorry, ROK. Jeez!
Philipians 1:20-21:
“I eagerly expect and hope that I will in no way be ashamed, but will have sufficient courage so that now as always Christ will be exalted in my body, whether by life or by death. For to me, to live is Christ and to die is gain.”
Magnifying Jesus Christ by being satisfied in Him in pain, suffering, and death was the passion of the Apostle Paul’s life. His passion was not to escape pain, or escape disappointment, or escape suffering. Rather, when Paul reflected deeply on the Absolute Eternal Value of his Treasure, Jesus Christ, that perspective even caused him to endure suffering, torture, and even death, for the sake of honoring Jesus Christ.
An unbelieving, dying world looks at these South Korean missionaries and think, “are they crazy? Don’t they know the inherent risks and dangers?”
But a transformed heart, arising out of faith alone, views Jesus Christ as such a supreme Treasure that to glorify Him (even in suffering and death) is of such valuable importance and joy for the believer.
It looks like these South Korean missionaries must have had the same perspective as the Apostle Paul.
They are better Christians than I am.
Seems that Lohan is the headline news of the day on most news networks.
Who cares about her? What is her contribution to society?
Exactly right Gayle!
I hoped Nepal would unleash their Gurkhas some time back when a bunch of their citizens were murdered in Iraq and it didn’t happen and as much as I would love for the Koreans to let loose some ROK Marines on these basturds I don’t think it will happen either. The Islamic hard asses rely on our lack of response or at the best even raking in big cash like the Europeans will pay for hostages, as a part of their plans. The only time they have been knocked off stride was when we went into Afghanistan with a take no prisoners approach and had their sorry butts in Pakistan before Musharraf even knew what was happening.
It is easy to fight an enemy who really doesn’t want to fight and that is exactly how the Islamofascist view the rest of the world right now. From reading the news stories the only losses they suffer are the ones at their own hand in the form of suicide bombers.
Begining to see how all the different phases of their plan come together. Military, politically, and most important public affairs?
pray for them.
How very sad, but like others I am also surprised that they didn’t behead him but dead is dead and guess all we can do is pray for his family, and the others. Those of us who are believers know he is with God now.
We know the liberals care, that’s all they do is care. I know, very mean of me.
Totally baseless.
Michelle Malkin quotes the MSNBC story. Aren’t they as liberal as they come?
P.S. The story is on CNN and ABC…
P.S.S. NBC News information is posted on MSNBC. Know your information. How about it?
Regardless of political affiliation, everyone should care about this. God rest this man’s soul.
Blessed are those who are persecuted because of righteousness, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. Blessed are you when people insult you, persecute you and falsely say all kinds of evil against you because of me. Rejoice and be glad, because great is your reward in heaven, for in the same way they persecuted the prophets who were before you (Matthew 5:10-12).
I thought we wiped out the Taliban in Afghanistan!? Guess not. What ever happened to the Bush Doctrine, you know, “we’ll go after the terrorists wherever they are.” I guess that died when Bin Laden fled into Pakistan. Tora Bora will go down in history as the turning point in the “war on terror.” That will be marked as the day the west lost. How do you fight a “war on terror?” Are not wars fought against people? But, we name a concept as the enemy. The concept will be with us until Jesus returns. True leadership would have named, identified and killed the enemy. The popes were right! The real enemy is every Muslim who seeks to spread their vile religion by the sword. The teachers of that doctrine and their soldiers must be identified and eliminated, wherever they choose to hide, mosque or not. Bush will go down in history as an utter failure! He is a poser! He is a corporate, namby-pamby, liberal, globalist stooge. I am ashamed that I voted for him twice. May God forgive me. I hope the nutroots are successful in their impeachment efforts.
tantor and crashemt,
I am not certain that I understand your point about the Republic of Korea military. I know nothing about their accomplishments or abilities (really), but I have never heard anything that would suggest that they are either capable or inclined to deal with the Taliban militarily.
Have you?
Once again, the jihadist bastards have done exactly what THEY SAID THEY WOULD DO — kill people. They keep on telling us they’re going to kill people, then they kill people, then the Democrats and the left start babbling about how it’s “Islamophobic” to say Islamic extremists want to kill people.
I knew they were going to start killing these poor people before the killing started. I knew it because THEY SAID THEY WERE GOING TO KILL THEM.
It’s sad, but for God’s sake don’t act suprised. Remember, they tell us they’re going to kill, then they kill. It’s what they do. It’s what they live for. And there’s no diplomacy in the world that will make it any different.
rational thought is correct about the islamists and the demoncrats. But, you left out this - Bush goes to mosque and declares islam a great religion of peace.
The only hope for our liberty and security depends upon the people rising up and doing something. Don’t wait for the government, or the republocrats.
“The male victim had 10 bullet holes in his head, chest and stomach, and was discovered in the Mushaki area of Qarabagh district in Ghazni province.”
Sounds like a good place to insert a platoon of ROK and US Special Forces. Happy hunting!
is there any good coming out of this? im curious for thoughts here… any chance korea jumps in now and helps the US take care of business?
Just another example of the religion of peace. G-d’s speed to that Christian.
No, the ROK are too busy keeping tabs on Kim Jong (mentali) Il in the North. On the other hand, haven’t heard much about a muslim problem in Korea (North or South), so I could be wrong.
COB:
Much more likely that South Korea pulls its 200 troops out. There has been much leftist agitation for it.
If only he had tried using diplomacy with these people… you know… tried to talk through their differences… an intelligent dialogue… tried to appeal to their humanity and open-mindedness… apease them… give them money… offer to leave their country… buy them an ice cream… tell them how nice they look…
This is one more nail in the coffin of the islamic religion. There is a slow building anger in the non muslim world. It is rippling just under the surface and when it blows the muslim world will suffer a horrible fate.
In the world today I really doubt that anyone would step up to stop the Serbs this time. I know the UN and Bush are backing the whole Kosavo thing. What I’m talking about is a new event, most likely in Africa.
Comment to the liberally inclined;
Liberals want to smoke a peace pipe, not allow the war on terror to continue in Iraq, but to bring it all back to the US.
So who’s looking out for who again?
Sorry, but I don’t buy your bullcrap.
You can google ROK Army History, what I have been told about the ROK comes from my father in law who served in Vietnam, It was said, the Viet Cong might take an American Service person prisoner but they would torture and kill a Korean Service Person on the spot because of how the ROK Army fought the enemy. They have a long distiguished history of bravery. White Horse Mountain against the Chinese in 1952… talk of them torturing the enemy, came up back then.
http://www.talkingproud.us/International061406.html
Dread Pirate Roberts #43
My knowledge of the ROK armed forces comes from personal experience. I have served alongside them and trained with them and trust me the ROK Marines are as tough as they come and they can be ruthless. In US Army forces in Korea they have what are known as KATUSA (Korean Augmentation to the USA), which are basically rich kids who have bought their way into the program because they know serving in an American unit beats the snot out of serving in a Korean unit. Any time we had trouble out of them all we had to do was threaten to notify the ROK Sargeant Major and they would straighten right up.
ROK forces are disciplined and tough.
To those that ask, the lindsay lohan reports are necessary to help us improve our betting skills of how fast she can do a River Phoenix…
Wow, they started to kill them already? sheeesh…
And I don’t buy yours.
There are not many liberals who do not back the War on Terror. They still wish to avenge 9/11. From the ones I’ve observed, many seem to object to IRAQ when Osama Bin Laden remains Target #1.
That’s a notion that is seeming to cross party lines as 68% of people now oppose the handling of the war. 63% don’t think it the Iraq war was worth it in the first place.
Those BASTARDS!
May God comfort the family and friends and fellow worshippers of Bae Hyung-kyu who is now in heaven and has heard his Savior tell him “Well done, good and faithful servant.” May God protect the surviving missionary group. As the mother of a child who has gone on missionary trips I can only imagine what these parents are going through. I pray for their comfort, for the safety of their children, and above all that the message of the Gospel of Christ be spread to these terrorists and that their hearts be transformed.
AMEN!
Hmmm. You mean the bumper sticker? Don’t want wiretapping of calls from terror sponsoring nations, don’t want the Patriot Act, don’t want the finance tracking program, don’t want the border wall, don’t want John Doe protection for citizens…
How can you back the War on Terror if you oppose every effective means of fighting it? Why are liberals the ones demonizing the servicemen and women who are killing Al Qaeda members every day in Iraq AND Afghanistan?
Tell us you are anti-war peaceniks, tell us you believe terror should be fought with a subpoena in one hand and a warrant in the other (and only after the fact), tell us you blame America for terrorism… but please don’t tell us that liberals support the War on Terror, unless your name is Joe Lieberman,(ID) Connecticut. There’s just too much evidence to the contrary.
DK:
68% of people now oppose the handling of the war. 63% don’t think it the Iraq war was worth it in the first place.
Most recent CNN poll has 42% believing it was worth it to go into Iraq and 51% who think not. That’s up considerably from last month btw.
As for liberals supporting the war on terror - baloney! It’s “the bumper sticker war” or a gigantic trick by Rove/Bush to set up a dictatorship.
Liberals want things exactly the way they were on 9/10 - no tough security, no troops overseas, no fighting al Qaeda as if we meant it. They want the FBI and CIA back to where they were - not talking to each other. They want even less internal security than there was then.
It’s obvious you don’t read many lefty websites or read Raw Story or Common Dreams. This is the base of the Democratic party. And whoever can make them forget 9/11 ever happened the best is going to win.
Right now, Hillary personifies 9/10 Democrats - her husband was president during the entire 1990’s.
These people just don’t seem to know any other way to deal with things. Or…do they, but just enjoy killing for it’s own sake????
Rick, I think you got it a little confused. We liberals, unlike some of you, believe the Constitution was not abridged by 9/11. We faced much more difficult crises in our history and the principles of our founding fathers and most importantly the Bill of Rights remain the bedrock of our country. The FBI and CIA can talk, but the CIA is forbidden by federal law to work domestically. And, Rick we didn’t fight Al Quaeda like we meant it, we outsourced getting OBL in Torra Bora, then we cut and ran to Iraq, i.e., precisely what would insure that Al Quaeda will prosper. And guess what, they are as strong as ever. So, great job on that war on terror, GWB.
He is in a much better place than this dark world that we live in. God rest his soul. I pray that God will comfort his family members during this very difficult time.
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