An American kidnapped in Quetta
Please keep American John Solecki in your prayers. Somehow, I don’t think more “dialogue” and “compassion” are going to help him:
Kidnappers threatened on Friday to kill an American employee of the United Nations within 72 hours and issued a grainy video of the blindfolded captive saying he was “sick and in trouble.” A letter accompanying the video delivered to a Pakistani news agency said the hostage, John Solecki, would be killed unless authorities released 141 women it said were being held in Pakistan.
The video and the demands indicated that Solecki, the head of the U.N. refugee agency in Quetta, a city near the Afghan border, was alive and that his captors wanted to negotiate.
Solecki, who appeared blindfolded and with a shawl draped over his shoulders in the 20-second clip, said his message was addressed to the United Nations.
“I am not feeling well. I am sick and in trouble. Please help solve the problem soon so that I can gain my release,” he said.
The kidnappers have identified themselves as the Baluchistan Liberation United Front, suggesting a link to local separatists who have waged a long insurgency against Pakistan’s government rather than to the Taliban or al-Qaida, which are fighting U.S. forces in Afghanistan.
Still, the death threat heightened fears for Solecki’s safety, coming just a week after Taliban militants apparently beheaded a Polish geologist abducted in another border area of Pakistan after the government failed to respond to demands for a prisoner release.
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Well ? Obama ?
Can we swap Pelosi for him ?
Maybe this is payback for Feinstein’s big mouth…
May God help him and comfort his family.
Happy St. Valentine’s Day to all.
I don’t understand, this man should be siding with his captors and professing that if they decide that he should die it is for the greater good. He should be happy that his death would further expose the right wing racist agenda. He should be proud that he would be martyred in the name of United Nations peace.
I don’t have a lot of faith in the UN to negotiate his release. I expect Obama will just sit on his hands.
My prayers are with the hostage and his family.
Just another example of the serenity that is inherent in the religion of peace.
Ok, this alphabet soup of groups is getting as ridiculous as the Monty Python movie ‘Life of Brian’.
I don’t expect Obama to do a thing about this–he’ll consider it the UN’s baby.
During the election, Obama stated that we should invade Pakistan. I fear that the wolves see a paper tiger.
For the man and his family I am sorry; I doubt that there is anything we can do to gain his release. The Pakistani Government could deal with the Baluchistan Liberation United Front but that would encourage more kidnappings of foreign nationals.
Dealing with terrorist and criminals is always a bad idea. If the Pakistan Inter-Services Intelligence-ISI- knew where the man was they might mount a rescue but the ISI is as radical as muslim groups can be.
I think John Solecki is on his own. That is one dangerous part of the world.
Sorry about it dude,it’s over for you.
This is way under the fold stuff.Do you think the MSM will report much after his head comes off?
On February 14th, 2009 at 8:27 am, frontierguy said:
Right on! This guy works for the UN. He should be happy to martyr himself for the greater good of the world. The US is bad and his demise will help to prove it. /sarc off
No matter who he works for or what his political leanings he does not deserve his fate. May God look out for his family and take care of those who survive him. His life is going to be shortened thanks to the religion of peace.
May God be with him and his family.
Nobama won’t even address it. He’ll be gloating about the jerks who just who crammed that pork down our throats and chastising those who didn’t. Shame on those Republicans who didn’t bow down to the messiah!
I can’t imagine how this man is feeling, to look evil in the face and know your life means absolutely nothing to them. May God be with him and his family.
God Bless him, but working for the United Nihilists was his first mistake.
Can’t Clooney and Brangelina take
time out from media whoring/self promotion
to make an appeal for this guy?
They also represent the UN.
They know stuff and can get stuff done.
Why is beheading taking place in the US??
and why is it only second degree murder???
We need to get a handle on this Sharia crap now!!!!
http://righttruth.typepad.com/right_truth/2009/02/muslim-beheads-wife-in-new-york.html
http://voice4fact.blogspot.com/2009/02/beheading-in-new-york-honor-killing.html
This man is an AMERICAN! Regardless of where he works and his ideology he’s an American!
…agree
With his thumb extended.
You forgot that piece of info. And in case anyone thinks that this will remain something that only happens in a far-away place; well think again. Once we start bowing to these islamofacists we will experience it on our own turf. And I, for one, will blame Obama.
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Why would anyone work for the U.N. in a terrorist / gangster infested country? The only way I would go there is as a fully armed soldier with the rest of my 300 man company along with me at all times.
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Kidnapping, rape, and murder for fun and profit is rampant in Juarez, Mexico–just across the bridge from El Paso, Texas. We don’t even visit our family members there anymore due to the violence and the failure of the government to control it.
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Phoenix, Arizona is getting this type of violence now due to the Mexican drug traffickers in our country.
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May God help this poor victim. Aid workers should leave these benighted countries. Send help in the form of a Hellfire Missile from a Predator Drone.
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John Bibb
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He’s a dead man.
I’m sorry he chose to work for the UN. He should have got a job working for the US Military. He’d be safe now.
My prayer is to be alive, well, and heavily armed when the revolution begins. My hope is to slay 10,000 of these ‘peace-loving’ asses with the jawbone of an AR-15!
Sorry to be so crude on Valentine’s Day, but I am getting sick of these ba$tard$. If our government is not going to take care of the matter, then we as citizen’s, must. It should be legal to do so under the Constitution. If not expressly written, we will morph a clause or three together to fit our needs, as the left has done so many times.
Any chance it’s for the now exposed fact we are launching Predator’s there? Thanks Feinstein
“(A)mid hopes that it would help portray Muslims in a more positive light.” Sounds like a plan gone wrong, doesn’t it? Seeing it took place in a Culturally Aware Blue State I imagine we shall hear little about this. Our Drive By Media would not want to portray anyone with the name Hassan in a negative light at the moment but perhaps they will not have a “thrill go up my leg” moment.
Come the Fairness Doctrine we won’t hear about such Culturally Diverse activities at all. But just where is the Women’s movement? Are they bigots who do not care for their muslim sisters? Racist Women of the Left?
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Phoenix, Arizona is getting this type of violence now due to the Mexican drug traffickers in our country.
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You are not allowed to mention that rocketman: Mary Rose Wilcox would be upset with you. Disagreeing with here is HATE.
She calls me dirty names, but she being a Women of the Left it is not hate.
Obama isn’t going to do anything – Pakistan isn’t a Blue State
He is in our prayers.
According to the Buffalo News, Muzzammil Hassan was charged with second degree murder after brutally chopping his beautiful wife’s head off. Standby for the local Democrat party tool’s brilliant summation of this horrific event in 3… 2… 1…
Thanks Frank – you’re nearly as thick as your dad. Good work. (Thank God I left Buffalo a few months ago)
Authorities say Aasiya Hassan recently had filed for divorce from her husband. “She had an order of protection that had him out of the home as of Friday the 6th.
The only positive spin that Muzzammil Hassan could possibly put on this is that he was caught up in Valentines Day spirit – they just celebrate it different in Pakistan.
Now I’m starting to question LEGAL immigration.
Failure of empathy, obviously.
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Clearly a failure of empathy.
///mega-sarc
Yet another reason to pull out of the UN and cast them from our shores. It a corrupt organization (almost as much as our congress) and should be dissolved.
Also, yes this man is an American, but he was not forced to work for the UN, I can make a very educated guess as to his ideology and views of America, and at least before he was kidnapped and needs the help of our great country, I think they were quite different than mine. Sometimes people reap what they sow.
I imagine he is sick with dread at what will happen to him.
Prayers are all we can do for him. I bet that is all PBO will do as well.
First test for Obama. This is a pop quiz, the mid-terms will be horrendous.
Guy’s dead, he just hasn’t been beheaded yet. I’m sorry for that.
But, when will these liberals learn that we can’t appease those who would see us all decapitated?
Is it a question of naivete, stupidity, lack of knowledge? All three? Who’s this dumb?
This blog likes to heap scorn on the UN. Here a selfless UN employee has put himself in harm’s way. Not only American UN employees are in danger.
The UN deserves scorn. As do the Muslim terrorists who commit these atrocities but I don’t see your weak-kneed side doing anything to condemn much less stop islamic terrorism.
The government does not care about us..
they only care about their own power…
For having humanitarian aid workers where they are needed?
PBO? Peanut Butter & [used]Oil? Seems to fit him, though: Sticky, stinky, & slimy…
OTOH:
Of course a Lib loves & admires the UN… they did every Liberal’s wetdream: ran forced kiddie brothels and paid the kiddies in donated food!
Umm no, for this amongst many countless other human rights disasters where they “acted” as the protector/helper but were in actuality the wolf in sheeps clothing:
Who cares? As long as I can get my Hussein license plates:
http://www.chicagobreakingnews.com/2009/02/a-ride-you-can-believe-in-obama-license-plates.html
Can we swap Obama, Reid, Pelosi, and bluesoc for him. They all seem to support them and would be great friends for these terrorist and then they could all get together and sing Kumbaya.
The U.N. is a useless and waste of space. We need to kick them out of our country. I wonder what country would allow them to have a place where they are allowed to break the law, bad mouth their host country, and attempt to circumvent the laws of their host country.
This is above Obama’s pay grade….
When scorn should be heaped, let it be heaped. Folks don’t need your handwringing permission to do so, lgm.
I don’t know what this man’s ideology is and what the conditions of his employment are, so I can’t comment about whether he naively put himself in the position he is in, or not.
I will say that his chances of coming out of this alive are practically nil. And for that, I feel very sad for him. I can’t imagine the terror he is experiencing. And I pray I never will.
Did anyone notice that the acronym for the kidnappers is BLUF? I’ll pray for his release. Why can’t the UN peace-keepers go get this guy? Aren’t they highly regarded by kidnappers of Americans? Will Obama send in a SpecOps team to extract him? You know the kind you see on TV!! Where’s Jack Bauer??
Why doesn’t Obama Just say “LET HIM GO NOW” that should work? We’ll see!!
UH OMMM UH The UN um uh has called and uhhh mmm I couldn’t take the call, uhhh I gotta get back to them uhh
The UN has outlived its usefulness.
My prayers are with this misguided man.
RIP
(havent read any comment yet)
BUT.. BUT.. BUT.. Everyone loves us now…. The libs are in power
Since Obama seems to be holding more seances with Lincoln than Nancy Reagan ever did….
Perhaps Obama should sign an Emancipation Proclamation.
That should do the trick!
Obama won’t do anything about this just as he didn’t do or say anything about the victims of the icestorm in Kentucky or the tornado victims of last week. Why should this surprize anyone?
Dear lgm,
Take yourself, your commentary and your seat warmer in the White House and sit in a corner. Amuse yourselves with the Erector Set®/Tinker Toys®/Lincoln Logs® and let the adults handle this.
When someone, ANYONE signs up for a job that puts them in harm’s way, they do so at their own peril. It is the responsibility of the UN and ONLY THE UN to provide for the health, welfare and security of that person on the job. It is no different than anyone else taking a job as an ex-pat for a foreign company.
That the UN is a flaccid, inept, corrupt and otherwise incompetent organization that is a black hole when it comes to money is of little matter. They do nothing well. At least one would think they would be able to provide security for their empoyees.
Unfortunately, the captive is a dead man. He will just be another example of the compassion of “the religion of peace.” And of course the outrage and reporting of the whole thing will be on par with that of the Daniel Pearlman affair. Nothing more than a page 19 below the fold note in the NY Slimes/WaPo. And Pbo will fire up another Marlboro in the Rose Garden so he can proudly proclaim he has not smoked in the White House.
He is a first order hypocrite, concerned with his glory and adulation. Nothing unexpected from a self-aggrandizing egomaniac.
Infidel, if you toss in lgm and those two hottie Senators from your state of Maine – we hear they don’t call them “maineacs” for nothing….I think we could work out a deal. But you must keep Hillary, Janet Reno and Madeline Albright. We do have standards, you know.
Have a nice day. Allah Loves You. :^)
PBUH
The BLUF
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No matter how many beheadings, stonings, or terrorist attacks there are, we must never fear, resist or mock the precious and ever peaceful Islam. Who are we to say that raping 9 year-olds is immoral? Who are we to say that stoning gays and rape victims to death is evil?
Who are we to say that killing hundreds of people every month in the name of Allah is the height of evil? That is just their culture and ideology and it MUST be respected. Morality is all relative, we must remember that.
http://www.thereligionofpeace.com/
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absurd thought -
God of the Universe says
cut off your wife’s head
if she dishonors you
by asking for a divorce
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absurd thought -
God of the Universe wants
all planets Islamic
Earth is one of many
in process of conversion
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absurd thought -
God of the Universe wants
many Taliban planets
stonings and beheadings
billions served daily
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absurd thought –
God of the Universe says
convert the infidels
or make them pay a tax
if they don’t want to die
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