Comments on: Korean Hostage Crisis Day 25 Update

By: Korean Hostage Crisis Day 36 Update at ROK Drop

Korean Hostage Crisis Day 36 Update at ROK Drop — Fri, 24 Aug 2007 21:00:00 +0000

[...] has been few developments since the release of the two female hostages as the crisis enters its 36th day. The only big changes has been how this crisis is receiving [...]

By: Mudville Gazette

Mudville Gazette — Wed, 15 Aug 2007 12:59:53 +0000

[...] Korean Hostage Crisis Day 25 Update — [GI Korea] Many developments as the Korean hostage crisis moves into its 25th day. After the conflicting reports of the release and then reimprisonment of two Korean hostages the Afghan government has banned all media from the city where direct negotiations with the Taliban have been taking place: [...]

By: Surabol

Surabol — Wed, 15 Aug 2007 05:13:04 +0000

It might be interesting to see the driver who tipped off the Taliban tried in Korea.

By: Cpt.West

Cpt.West — Wed, 15 Aug 2007 04:36:47 +0000

“The AFG govt should be outraged, if the Koreans paid off the ransom without THEIR consent, all the while actively blocking all of their rescue efforts.”

Hmmm…sounds familiar, kinda like ROK-US relations for the last couple decades. Don’t get me wrong. I believe that allies can disagree but at least have the jeuvos to tell your partner what you are going to do. Maybe the US should do a joint venture with the AFG govt and free the remaining hostages using force.

By: OneFreeKorea » Valor, and The Better Part of It

OneFreeKorea » Valor, and The Better Part of It — Tue, 14 Aug 2007 00:53:54 +0000

[...] How depressing and predictable. The Korea Herald, via GI Korea, quotes unnamed sources who say that the ROK government paid ”a huge ransom.” So [...]

By: GI Korea

GI Korea — Mon, 13 Aug 2007 22:59:47 +0000

You are probably right about the propaganda angle in regards to their health. The Taliban releases no one as a goodwill gesture. Money and a lot of it changed hands to get the two women released.

The hostages still share a lot of blame even if the driver tipped off the Taliban because if they had a security detachment the driver probably wouldn’t have tipped them off to begin with.

By: Surabol

Surabol — Mon, 13 Aug 2007 21:42:21 +0000

This was breaking news all over the Korean channel.

One of the AFG negotiators insisted that “There is nothing wrong with their health.” They appeared healthy to me, just at first glance.

They blew away the first pastor because he was sick to the point where they could hardly walk. This a Taliban PR move (so to speak), they probably exeggerated the illness of the women, setting up the release of the two of them to be a “Goodwill” gesture.

The AFG govt should be outraged, if the Koreans paid off the ransom without THEIR consent, all the while actively blocking all of their rescue efforts.

It’s an unfortunate situation, it never should have happened. But I wonder about the driver who tipped off the Talibans. If that’s true, then the blame is less on the hostages.