Kidnappers threaten to kill American abducted in Pakistan within 72 hours
<http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/pakistan/4617489/Kidnappers-threaten-to-kill-American-abducted-in-Pakistan-within-72-hours.html>http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/pakistan/4617489/Kidnappers-threaten-to-kill-American-abducted-in-Pakistan-within-72-hours.html Kidnappers threatened on Friday to kill an American employee of the United Nations within 72 hours and issued a grainy video of the blindfolded captive saying he was "sick and in trouble." Last Updated: 1:27AM GMT 14 Feb 2009 John Solecki would be killed unless authorities released 141 women the kidnappers claimed were being held in Pakistan, according to a letter accompanying the video, which was delivered to a Pakistani news agency. The video and the demands indicated that Mr Solecki, the head of the UN refugee agency in Quetta, a city near the Afghan border, was alive and that his captors wanted to negotiate. Mr Solecki, who appeared blindfolded and with a shawl draped over his shoulders in the 20-second clip, said his message was addressed to the United Nations. "I am not feeling well. I am sick and in trouble. Please help solve the problem soon so that I can gain my release," he said. The kidnappers have identified themselves as the Baluchistan Liberation United Front, suggesting a link to local separatists who have waged a long insurgency against Pakistan's government, rather than to the Taliban or al-Qaeda. The death threat heightened fears for Mr Solecki's safety, coming just a week after Taliban militants apparently beheaded a Polish geologist abducted in another border area of Pakistan. The Pole's slaying, if confirmed, would be the first killing of a Western hostage in Pakistan since US journalist Daniel Pearl was beheaded in 2002. Gunmen seized Mr Solecki on Feb 2, after shooting his driver as they drove to work in Quetta. <*}}}>< <http://www.halfthekingdom.org/on+allposters+today.html>on AllPosters today <*}}}><<*}}}>< <http://astore.amazon.com/halthekin-20>Catholic on Amazon <*}}}>< + <*}}}>< <http://www.holypostage.com/>Holy Postage <*}}}>< <*}}}><<http://www.halfthekingdom.org/>Half the <http://www.halfthekingdom.org/>Kingdom!<*}}}>< + "The fruit of abortion is nuclear war" - Bl. Mother Teresa + --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Please note that I do not send or open attachments sent to this list. You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Catholics on Fire" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Catholics-on-Fire May the blessing of Jesus and our Blessed Mother be with you -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
