Briton Kidnapped in Southern Iraq Town

[NNN0LHI]

Think I am starting to see a pattern here.

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/nm/20040408/wl_nm/iraq_briton_dc&cid=574&ncid=1473

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - A British civilian was kidnapped this week in the southern Iraqi town of Nassiriya, the scene of heavy fighting between radical Shi'ite militiamen and Italian troops, a coalition official said on Thursday.



The official named the man as Gary Teeley, a British contractor.


A Foreign Office official in London confirmed that Teeley was missing, but would not say what he was doing in Iraq (news - web sites) or comment on the manner of his disappearance.

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[Cooley Hurd]

1. This must be the new tactic...

...to be used as human shields, perhaps?

[NNN0LHI]

2. Perhaps the Iraqis want all of their friends and relatives who have been..

...sent to prisons that the USA controls released?

Don

[NMDemDist2]

8. i heard a news report they said they were going to do that

not the human shields part, but the kidnapping part. I'll see if i can find the link

[Christ was Socialist]

3. Hmm another contractor, euphemism perhaps? n/t

[theHandpuppet]

6. It's the new code word...

... for a hired gun.

[theHandpuppet]

4. "British Contractor"?

Every time I hear the word "contractor" now -- particularly when there is no explanation of the business in which this contractor is engaged, I become suspicious. Note that the Foreign Office wouldn't say what Mr Teeley was doing in Iraq. Need I say more?

[0007]

9. Me too! was this Brit a Mercenary?

Is this one who serves or works merely for monetary gain; a hireling.

Is this the big price we're paying for mercenaries? Why no one could tell us exactly what the bill would be? I'm outraged!

[alcuno]

5. The moderators are going to have to start a kidnapping thread.

[NNN0LHI]

7. That is what I thought to myself before I began this thread

I actually checked for an official kidnapping thread before I posted. No shit.

Don

[Pert_UK]

10. F*CKING HELL...one of my best mates is trying to get out of Basra.....

She's there doing work for the UK government advising local judges on how to construct the Iraqi Justice System...

She's leaving for a break and then going back afterwards....I AM SO WORRIED ABOUT HER......

[legin]

11. If they are merceneries

then the company that employs them is going to be willing to pay to get them back, sort of not like if a regular soldier was involved.

I sure this is how it used to work in Conderoti (sp?) wars in Italy 16th -17th century (?). (this sentence very inaccurate)