September 21, 2004

Turkish Company Caves to Terrorism

It's not so bad when it's a private company, but it is bad. It's much worse when it's a government. I'm looking at you France and Spain. Remember the two French hostages? No? That's because the French government has been secretly negotiating with the terrorists, using other terrorists (Hamas) as the go between. On to the NYTimes story:

The employer of 10 Turkish workers kidnapped simultaneously in Iraq last week made an emotional plea for their release on Tuesday, promising to freeze operations in Iraq to save their lives and denying that his company had any American partners.

The employer, Ali Haydar Veziroglu, who is chairman of Vinsan construction company, issued a statement in the form of a letter to all Iraqis and particularly to Muslim clerics and tribal leaders, assuring them of Turkey's good will.

I love how they are reduced to denying any American connection. As if it would be ok to kill the hostages if there were any Americans lurking about.

By Rusty Shackleford, Ph.D. at 09:57 PM | |