September 12, 2007
Korean Hostages Told to Convert or Die by Taliban
No Stockholm syndrome here as the freed Korean Christian hostages describe the brutality of their Islamist captors. Imagine that, the Taliban tried to force the Korean hostages to convert. BBC:
"We were beaten with a tree branch or kicked around. Some kidnappers threatened us with death at gunpoint to force us to follow them in chanting their Islamic prayer for conversion," said Jae Chang-hee.Bae was murdered on that day."I was beaten many times. They pointed a rifle and bayonet at me and tried to force me to convert." ...
The most difficult moment, when I had a big fear of death, was when the Taleban shot [a] video.
"All 23 of us leaned against a wall and armed Taleban aimed their guns at us, and a pit was before me.
"They said they will save us if we believe in Islam. I almost fainted at the time and I still cannot look at cameras," she said...
"One day, a Taleban called Bae and checked his first and last names and took him out of the room.
"Bae didn't even look at us when he was leaving the room. He only said 'Overcome with faith'," Ms Han said, in tears.
Hat tip: Tom
By Dr. Rusty Shackleford at September 12, 2007 08:07 AM | | l digg this
