Taliban say they have killed a second SKorean hostage

[rodeodance]

Source: afp



Taliban say they have killed a second SKorean hostage

7 minutes ago

GHAZNI, Afghanistan (AFP) - Afghanistan's Taliban militia said it shot dead late Monday a South Korean hostage, among 23 captured two weeks ago, after its deadlines expired for the government to free prisoners.


"We set several deadlines and the Afghan government did not pay attention to our deadlines," spokesman Yousuf Ahmadi told AFP. "Finally tonight at 8:30 (1600 GMT) we killed one of the Koreans named Sung Sin with AK-47 gunshots."

The body of the hostage had been dumped in the Qarabagh district of the southern province of Ghazni, Ahmadi said. He did not specify the gender of the captive but his use of the Pashtu language suggested a man was killed.

Read more: http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070730/wl_sthasia_afp/afghanistanunrest_070730172522

[Marrah_G]

1. I would be very surprised if they let anyone go

They truly are barbarians.

[ohio2007]

6. Only three male hostages left....then the Taliban's options go down in negotiations

as the Korean military engineers are scheduled to leave the country in four months anyway


Hostage Calls Reuters To Plead For Their Lives.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JKle6c_TpTE&NR=1
notice in the tail end of the video how nice of Dadullah ( who was freed in a safely executed hostage exchange ) urged the Taliban to "Take as many hostages as you can"

One of the South Korean hostages held by the Taliban made a call
to a Reuters correspondent from one of her captors cell phones pleading for
help.

http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=ae5_1185707308


video given to
by their Taliban contacts.

http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=db5_1185827327

www.youtube.com/watch?v=lZ9fTNv2upU&eurl=http%3A%2F%2Fmypetjawa%2Emu%2Enu%2Farchives%2F188890%2Ephp

I'm sure al Jazeera is sitting on some interesting video they can't release to the world.

[rodeodance]

2. Taliban kill male South Korean hostage: spokesman

Family members of the kidnapped South Koreans react as they watch a television news programme about them in Seongnam, south of Seoul, July 27, 2007. Taliban rebels on Sunday ruled out more talks with the Afghan government over their remaining 22 South Korean hostages and pressed for the release of militant prisoners as the only way out of the crisis. (Korea Pool/Reuters)
Taliban kill male South Korean hostage: spokesman
Reuters - 1 hour, 12 minutes ago

KABUL (Reuters) - Taliban kidnappers shot dead a male South Korean hostage on Monday, a spokesman said, accusing the Afghan government of not listening to rebel demands.

[VTMechEngr]

3. Its time to revive an old Custom

Back in the older wars (1500s to 1900s), there was a basic code on Prisoners of War, don't kill ours and we won't kill yours.

Perhaps its time to bite the bullet and line up a few choice pickings and blow them away on TV to remind the barbarians about this long forgotten code.

Sorry is it disturbs you, but I'm sick of hearing about them murdering captives constantly.

[marshall]

8. Unfortunately I don't think the Taliban abides by any customs

And I don't really understand why the Taliban thinks the government gives any more of a damn about Korean nationals than the Taliban does.

[ohio2007]

9. Originally,Taliban refused to recognize the current Afghan govt...now they "negotiate" with the

Afghan govt. ?
so much for that short lived tradition. Taliban want the traditions of kite flying ended as well as the use of anything requiring electricity....

Fred Flintstone would call them cave dwellers

[cliss]

4. Well, what were they doing there?

I just read on Yahoo news that the S. Koreans are BIG evangelists and "Bible pushers" they were over there trying to win converts in a "contest" of some kind.

Apparently S. Korea is involved in a big game of One Upmanship to see which churches can dig up the most converts. And they go all the way to Afghanistan to pick up new members. That is absolutely ludicrous. They got themselves in way over their heads.

I hope this is the end of their proselytizing.

[otherlander]

7. Um...

Look, missionaries can be annoying and disrespectful and all that, and telling people that they can only be truly civilized, or can only be saved, if they abandon their religion for yours is a shitty, patronizing thing to do, but you seem to be suggesting that that makes it acceptable to just slaughter them? :wtf:

[Eugene]

5. Second Korean hostage found dead

Source: BBC News

Last Updated: Tuesday, 31 July 2007, 06:34 GMT 07:34 UK

Second Korean hostage found dead

South Korea has confirmed that a second hostage has
been killed by the Taleban in central Afghanistan.

The foreign ministry identified the latest victim as 29-
year-old Shim Sung-min, a former IT worker.

His body was found at the side of the road in the village
of Arizo Valley in Ghazni province. He had been shot.

Shim Sung-min was one of 23 Korean Christian aid workers
- 18 of them women - seized on 19 July. The body of their
leader was found last Wednesday.

A man claiming to speak on behalf of the Taleban said the
militants had killed the Korean hostage on Monday evening
because the Afghan government had refused its demands
to release eight jailed militants.

-snip-

Read more: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/6923455.stm

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Also: Taliban issue another deadline on Korean hostages - Reuters

[ohio2007]

10. Killed South Korean hostage was active volunteer

http://www.reuters.com/article/newsOne/idUSSEO31823620070731?pageNumber=2

Body of second South Korean hostage killed found by Afghan Police in Ghazi Province Marked as: Mature, Graphic, Featured
The body of SKorean hostage Shim Sung-min, 29, was found on the side of a highway in Ghazi Province earlier today by Afghan Police. The fate of the remaining 21 hostages, including 18 women and 3 men, is still unclear. Taliben has threatened to kill more hostage if their demand of the unconditional release of captured comrades is not met before the deadline it proposed.


http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=ed2_1185867400

[nebula]

11. WTF are Koreans doing in war-torn Afghanistan anyway??

If uninvited foreigners were in my country while it was at war, I would probably want to kill them too.


From what I understand these Koreans are some kind of Christian missionaries.
Sorry, but if you're a Christian prosetylizing in a fundamentalist Muslim nation, you must have some kind of death wish.

These stupid Koreans probably thought they were safe because 'God' would protect them from any harm.

[hack89]

12. You are right

there is no place for NGO's, aid workers or anyone else trying to help better the lives of others in desperate need. When will we learn that letting third world people suffer alone is the only moral choice that developed countries have. It is not like we owe anything to people less fortunate than us and the idea that helping people means accepting risk is ridiculous beyond imagination.

[ohio2007]

13. Indonesian Muslims ask Taliban to release hostages

Will the Muslims from the Pacific rim have any pull in releasing another Pacific rims nations citizens?


Indonesia's two biggest Muslim organizations -- Nahdlatul Ulama (NU) and Muhammadiyah -- have called for the immediate release of the South Korean hostages being held by the Taliban in Afghanistan.

Muhammadiyah chairman Din Syamsuddin said he would ask the Taliban to release all 21 hostages.
Muhammadiyah will send a letter through the Foreign Ministry, the Muslim organizations in Afghanistan and also to the South Korean government," Din was quoted Saturday by major national newspaper The Jakarta Post as saying.

Muhammadiyah is Indonesia's second biggest Islamic organization.

He said he would ask other Muslim organizations to urge the release of the hostages. Muhammadiyah, he added, strongly condemned the act of kidnapping and the killing of two South Koreans of the group.

"It is contradictory to the teachings of Islam and the universal principles of humanity," Din said.
snip
Hasyim said the NU would seek the help of Taliban clerics who had attended an NU event previously in Indonesia to release the hostages. However, Hasyim said he would not make any contact with the Taliban.

"We have no access to the Taliban, because it is difficult to track them. They are a movement, not an institution," Hasyim said.

He said the acts of the Taliban had no connection with religion or racial issues. "Their action was purely for their interest and political power," he said.

http://english.people.com.cn/90001/90777/6231948.html