The Price of a BBC Reporter
Charles Johnson
Sat Jul 7, 2007 at 12:46 pm PDT • Views: 418
The MEMRI Blog translates a report from a Palestinian source that says Hamas paid off Alan Johnston’s kidnappers with $5 million and a million bullets.
Sources close to Jaysh Al-Islam have revealed that the organization received $5 million and a million Kalashnikov rifle bullets in a deal for the release of BBC correspondent Alan Johnston.
According to Palestinian sources, Jaysh Al-Islam commander Mumtaz Daghmoush received a guarantee from Hamas that he would not stand trial for crimes he was suspected of carrying out, and that Hamas would release Jaysh Al-Islam’s spokesman, whom it was holding.
Further, Hamas and Jaysh Al-Islam agreed not to reveal which operations they had carried out jointly.
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