US hostage in Pakistan 'still alive'
<http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/pakistan/4787062/US-hostage-in-Pakistan-still-alive.html>http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/pakistan/4787062/US-hostage-in-Pakistan-still-alive.html A US hostage kidnapped in Pakistan is 'still alive' despite reports he has been killed. By Dean Nelson, South Asia Editor Last Updated: 2:14PM GMT 23 Feb 2009 John Solecki: US hostage in Pakistan 'still alive' A US hostage John Solecki kidnapped in Pakistan is 'still alive' despite reports he has been killed. Photo: AP A spokesman for a separatist group which kidnapped John Solecki, an American who works for the United Nations refugee agency UNHCR, in Quetta on Feb 2 night denied reports circulating in that he had been killed. Mr Solecki was seized in the city by gunmen who shot dead his driver. A group called the Baluchistan Liberation United Front (Bluf) later said it had kidnapped him and would kill him if the Pakistan government did not release more than 160 female Baloch women it said were in custody and reveal the whereabouts of another 6,000 people it claimed had gone missing. The Quetta Press Club received a telephone call in which the caller claimed that Mr Solecki that he had been killed and that his body would be discovered within a few days. But a spokesman for the kidnappers later issued a statement which said that Mr Solecki was still alive. Shahak Baluch, a spokesman for Bluf, said: "He is alive. We have not made any call. He is sick and suffering from heart and kidney problems. We are giving him medical treatment. Mr Solecki has appeared in a video message recently appealing for his release, citing his deteriorating health. Baluchistan nationalists have been fighting an insurgency war with Pakistan's central government for decades. They say that little of the province's mineral wealth is reinvested in Balochistan, which borders Iran and Afghanistan. Its capital, Quetta, is believed to be the secret headquarters of Afghanistan's Taliban leaders. Mr Solecki's elderly mother, Rose, issued a plea for her son's release on Saturday in an audiotape made by UNHCR. "We cannot bear the shock of losing John," she said. <*}}}>< <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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
