Wildly Inappropriate Hostage Reaction Watch 3
Charles Johnson
Sun Jan 1, 2006 at 6:21 pm PST • Views: 161
That “shootout” reported by Palestinian “security officials” earlier today has now been downgraded to “briefly came under fire,” and the Italian “peace activist” who was “freed” is the latest in a series of kidnapped/released left-wing activists who express wildly inappropriate reactions: Italian hostage freed in Gaza ‘still for the Palestinians’.
Firing shots in the air, the gunmen seized Alessandro Bernardini during a visit by a delegation of 18 Italians ahead of the parliamentary election. He was freed after several hours. Three British hostages were set free in Gaza on Friday.
Palestinian security forces said they briefly came under fire from the kidnappers, but found the gunmen had abandoned Bernardini before they reached the building where he was being held.
“I am fine, I am fine … They gave me cigarettes and tea,” Bernardini told reporters, looking shaken but unhurt.
“I will never change my idea about the occupation,” he said. An armed offshoot of Abbas’ own ruling Fatah movement said it carried out the kidnapping.
The faction, calling itself Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades-Sunni People, said its demands were a full investigation into the death of Yasser Arafat in 2004 and the removal of corrupt leaders from Fatah.
UPDATE at 1/1/06 6:47:10 pm:
I apologize for the overuse of “quotes” in this “post.”
Frank says: