August 26, 2009

Hostage Escapes Somali al Qaeda Captors, Kills 3

There's nothing in this report I don't like. The French, for once, don't pay ransom. The hostage escapes. And in the process, kills three of his al Qaeda linked captors.

A.W.E.S.O.M.E!

BBC:

A French security adviser seized by Islamist militants in Somalia has escaped his captors, officials say.

The Frenchman, who was kidnapped from a hotel in Mogadishu along with a colleague last month, reportedly killed three militants as he fled...

France's foreign ministry denied reports of any money changing hands or of violence taking place.

"The hostage held by Hizbul-Islam was able to escape his kidnappers," spokesman Eric Chevallier told reporters.

If you read the whole article, France claims that the guy escaped without violence.

Just like France to take a perfectly good hostage-escape-kills-terrorists story and ruin it like that. Thanks a lot, France!

One other French hostage remains. Keep him in your prayers.

Thanks to Bill Dauterieve.

By Rusty Shackleford, Ph.D. at 09:07 AM | |