In their ideology it makes sense. Journalists are tools of the "Zionist-American Crusaders" and are legitimate targets. Notice that very few Arab or Turkish journalists have been kidnapped.
In the end think of it as a form of a hearts and minds campaign. They are try to break our will - by kidnapping Western journalists, they are almost guarenteed to be on the news channels in the West, and with a reporter begging and pleading for his or her life, that has much more of an impact than if it were another Arab. larry On Wed, 16 Feb 2005 09:41:05 -0500, Tony Weeg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > they dont reason. > there is no reason in the mind of a lunatic fanatic. > > its just another confusing idealogy that we just dont get, i think. > > tw > > > On Wed, 16 Feb 2005 08:21:51 -0600, Raymond Camden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Ok - so I can understand the twisted logic of the terrorists in Iraq > > killing their own people. I can certainly understand why they would > > attack our soldiers. (Note - I'm not saying I agree - just that their > > reasoning, which is wrong, at least exists...) > > > > But why in the heck would they kidnap a reporter??? Don't they _want_ > > media attention?!? > > -- > > ======================================================================= > > Raymond Camden, Director of Development for Mindseye, Inc (www.mindseye.com) > > > > Member of Team Macromedia (http://www.macromedia.com/go/teammacromedia) > > > > Email : [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Blog : ray.camdenfamily.com > > Yahoo IM : cfjedimaster > > > > "My ally is the Force, and a powerful ally it is." - Yoda > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Find out how CFTicket can increase your company's customer support efficiency by 100% http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=49 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:147385 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
