re:

I tend to believe he was released, Hamas needs some cash if nothing else.

I'll believe it when I see HIM.

In one piece.

Fox is saying that he's being held by the "military wing" of Hamas. He'll be safe there...

CNN just showed video of Allan Johnston alive end free !

Released...from this mortal coil?!?!

They ambushed the doghmush?

Hope he's safe, 'cause life is sacred.

re:

Abducted BBC journalist freed in Gaza

The release was announced by the Islamic militant group's TV and confirmed in a text message from Hamas to The Associated Press.

Hamas said Johnston was in the custody of its military wing.

He wasn't 'released', he was 'cashed in for propaganda credits'...

#6 Flying Dutchman
Thanks, cnn has a live feed up on their website.

Post at Kos saying "See, they are civilized" in 4...3...2...

H eroic
A ltruistic
M erciful
A ngelic
S uper-wonderful...
or some such SPIN...

Power to the Correct People!

For how much?

Perfect. Hamas are heroes. Countdown to cashflow 5..4..3..

I credit the Mimes!

But what of Farfur?

I hope they did release him.

And I hope he swiftly condemns not only his captors, but their affiliates, and all groups that employ terroristic tactics.

Whoa. I see a new 'quote' feature... cool...

re: #9 Ojoe

You're absolutely right Ojoe, we should first be thankful that he's alive.
  
  
  
  
  
 

I'm sure his momma' will be thrilled when he comes home.

If he were mine, I'd turn him over my knee and wear him out, saying, "YOU. WILL. NOT. GO. NEAR. THOSE. AN.I.MALS. A.GAIN. DO. YOU. HEAR. ME?"

Let's not forget Gilad Shalit...

How did hamas get him from the doghmush? Why didn't they also get Gilad Shilat? I thought the doghmush clan held them both.

What Iron Fist said.

Release Gilad Shalit, Ehud Goldwasser and Eldad Regev...

Johnston, the arab lover can rot. He will go on kissing their asses, and return to al-Beeb a hero, and will, I bet, return, and keep on reporting, from arab-occupied Israel, crying copious tears re his arab buddies..

re: #25 MandyManners

I'm sure his momma' will be thrilled when he comes home.

If he were mine, I'd turn him over my knee and wear him out, saying, "YOU. WILL. NOT. GO. NEAR. THOSE. AN.I.MALS. A.GAIN. DO. YOU. HEAR. ME?"

... Mom?

Gilad Shalit.

PIMF

If this is true, well then thank God. As much as he was a shill for the Palestinians, it's still a good thing that he's been let go, if it's true. I just hope he's learn his lesson about who the real terrorists are in the Israel-Palestine conflict. And it's not the former.

Don't take him to the doctor.

Well it is AP.

Cool. I think Hamas knew where he was held along, but why release him now? Why do they want the goodwill , is there any UN talks going on or does Hamas want to have a cup of tea with Tony Blair?

I don't want to see anyone in the hand's of Islam...if true thank God.

So when does he start writing about how great Ham-ass(hole) is and how great all the paliterrorists he met are, and all the other stuff the Brits eat up, and gets them all up for boycotts of Israel?

He was let out because he is useful to Ham-ass.

So, has he thanked Hams-ass for its great hospitality yet?

OT: but this is about to come down any moment as well, Pakistan Gov't moving against Lal Masjid Mosque.

APC's, Ambulances, several platoons of specials forces surround the mosque, the hospitals have staffed up and there is a general curfew. Feces about to hit the fan.

re: #10 WeaselZipper
heh. Well they seem like such nice fellas. Let's send them some money and give them their own state!

re: #39 Thanos

OT: but this is about to come down any moment as well, Pakistan Gov't moving against Lal Masjid Mosque.

APC's, Ambulances, several platoons of specials forces surround the mosque, the hospitals have staffed up and there is a general curfew. Feces about to hit the fan.

Suicide bombers at the ready.

Would that we could know how much money Hamas received under the table or how many prisoners were released and trace how many innocent lives will be lost to these dollars and men to save an enabler of the Palestinian dream of pushing Israel into the sea? Only then can we judge the morality of it: the life of one man who knowingly put himself at risk and shilled for his eventual captors vs more Israeli deaths funded by his ransom and/or fuelled by his writing.

maybe this'll get the msm off of libby's semi-pardon

re: #30 Cognito

re: #25 MandyManners

I'm sure his momma' will be thrilled when he comes home.

If he were mine, I'd turn him over my knee and wear him out, saying, "YOU. WILL. NOT. GO. NEAR. THOSE. AN.I.MALS. A.GAIN. DO. YOU. HEAR. ME?"

... Mom?

Trust me. If you were mine and you'd done what he did, a sound spanking would be the least of your worries. Sure, kids grow up but, a mother never stops worrying. (Well, I'm sure a father never does either but, I can only speak to what I know.)

Who plays him in the TV movie?

will he be muslim like centanni?

Pakistan is about to be rocked.

BBL, lizards. Gotta' go get some better punks.

Clearly once that warmonger Blair left and the UK reverted to its normal peaceful self the freedom fighters in the occupied Palestine felt comfortable enough to let their BBC brother head back to his now safer home.

Just think what would happen if the King Warmonger (Cheney) himself could be replaced by the kind Mr. Paul or Mr. Kucinich... why, AQ itself could replace the Red Cross as the leading world relief agency...

re: #43 aqvik

maybe this'll get the msm off of libby's semi-pardon

Maybe pardoning Scooter was what got this guy released.

//one commuted sentance breeds another

re: #43 aqvik

maybe this'll get the msm off of libby's semi-pardon

Care to wager on that?

Released to Allah.

nah its good. I'm glad to hear the guy is free.

re: #44 MandyManners

I know, I got a kick out of it. It sounded strangely familiar.

For just a moment there I could hear Andy Griffith yelling at Barney
in the next room, and smell fish sticks in the oven.

Wasallam kufaar,

Why is it that the Muslims are getting all the blame for this? Do we blame the Christians for Timothy McVeigh or blame the Yahoodis for Baruch Goldstein? Well the latter was an agent of the Secret Sanhedrin that run the Jewish government, which claims to be "democratic" so yes, it is the fault of all of the Yahoodis. But Aisha digresses.

The real problem here is the occupation of OUR MUSLIM LANDS, and even this Muslim hating kafir can see that. We need to free Palestine and the Yahoodis who were there before the Zionists can stay together with their descendants. And they will be under the protection of Islamic Shariah, which has always been more tolerant than the Khristian Kafir, for example in Al Andalus, which was and is Muslims lands and inshallah will be again, but where the Jews were protected by the Muslims and persecuted by the Christians.

Allahu Akhbar.

Make no mistake... It was the threat posed by the mime mask protest that forced his release.

The bbc is now reporting it as well.

How long 'til he blames Israel?

/Or has he already?

They are so merciful.

The start...

...Unidentified assailants fired a rocket at a police station in northwestern Pakistan Wednesday, killing one officer and wounding four, police said.

The attack took place before dawn in the Matta area of Swat, an impoverished valley in North West Frontier Province, said Swat police official Javed Khan.

Khan said several thousand followers of a pro-Taliban cleric had rallied in the area late Tuesday to protest police action against a radical mosque in the capital, Islamabad.

However, he stopped short of blaming Islamic militants for the rocket attack and said authorities were still investigating

.It was the Mormons of Pakistan. [Link: www.jpost.com...]

Hey guys, I am posting live from Jerusalem!

We know this guy is just going to thank Hamas, and invariably attack blame Israel for no reason whatsoever.

Needless to say, I really don't care about this guy, I care about Gilad Shalit.

re: #55 Aisha

But... but... Aisha...

What of common sense? What of decency, and rightness, and Nair?

re: #55 Aisha

Happy Independence Day? How will you be celebrating this July 4th?

re: #62 merkava IV

I'd love to go to Jerusalem. :)
And I agree, they'll find a way to try and blame this on Israel.
Still praying for Gilad.

Is his head still attached to his neck?

#55 Aisha

Could you please point out any non-Muslim land, if such a thing exists? Earth preferably. You're sounding a bit too authentic these days.

Achmed! With the riots in Pakistan, the fighting with Fatah, and the failed bomb attacks in the UK, we muslims are looking very evil lately. Lots of anti-muslim propoganda on TV today. What can we do to deflect the attention?

Release Gilad Shalit?
No Effing way! He's a Jooo!

I know - release Alan Johnston!
What? He is one of ours?
I know - but the kafirs will eat it up and see how truly peaceful we are!

/Mohammed voice off

Ten bucks says he continues his dhimmitude act in the free world.

-ISRAEL BAD
-AMERICA EVIL
-MUSLIMS OPPRESSED

Happy 4'th of July to all you Yanks, tomorrow.

#39 Thanos and #41 storagemanager

Time has a fluff piece (linked from CNN) regarding those believers maniacs.

Check out the title:

Believers Under Siege in Pakistan

Cue Inappropriate Hostage Reaction Watch

re: #54 Cognito

me, too! LOL

re: #55 Aisha

Why is it that the Muslims are getting all the blame for this?

Maybe because Johnston was held by Army of Islam?

What's in his hostage party take-home bag?

He's did get a goody bag, right?

The smell of fireworks on the 4th of July, it's the smell of FREEDOM..

Happy Independence Day? How will you be celebrating this July 4th?

Celebrating Independence Day is Haraam. However it gives good oportunity for explosives training with the fireworks, right under the noses of the kufaar!

"Merkeva IV" typical Jew. How many Palestinians babies have you killed for the holiday pastries today, Jew?

Remeber the ahadith! The rocks and the trees will say "Oh Muslim, Oh son of Allah, there is a Jew behind me, come and kill him"! And that is proof of the evil of the Jews.

And Allah Taala knows best.

re: #71 slartybartfast

#39 Thanos and #41 storagemanager

Time has a fluff piece (linked from CNN) regarding those believers maniacs.

Check out the title:

Believers Under Siege in Pakistan

Test. Just testing the new feature..

I question the timing. Obviously this release was orchestrated by Big Islam to get the attention away from failed jihadis in the UK.

re: #33 FightingBack

Don't take him to the doctor.

Heh.

Now let's all get ready to hear about the regal treatment this islamists' a**-licker got from his abductors.

re: #77 Aisha

HA!

re: #79 Beagle

Lord have mercy, you are such a cynic. Everyone knows about the merciful allaaah...

The doctors are political prisoners and are most probably innocent; it is a beat up at the behest of the Zionist government, to take attention away from the fall of Tony Blair. There has never been an evil doctor. It is the kuffar of the west who cause this. It is like when the cold war started, they started attacking Doctor Mengele who was a humanitarian, and as most historians have now shown, completely innocent of any wrongdoing.

The values of Muslim society,as it is constituted at the present,cannot survive in a democracy where individuals would have a right to question,debate,change religions,or choose to have no religion at all.As it is,the Muslim faith is assured--even in so called moderate Muslim countries---through fear,shame,intimidation,imprisonment,and finally by a death sentence.that requires tyranny...Now they call me infidel..Nonie Darwish.

Who benefits from this release?

/Sorry. I'll stop now.

re: #77 Aisha

Wasn't Aisha the name of pedophile's Prophet's favorite object of molestation wife?

/do I have those strikethroughs inverted?

Also, testing the new feature. Love it.

Whiterasta, indeed, Alaah Taala is merciful. Indeed, many suras of the Noble Quaran begin with "bism'allah al rakaam alrakeem"; in the Name of Allah, the Compassionate, the Merciful.

So that is proof, and of course the authenticity of the Quaran has been proved many times, of the Mercifulness of Allah Taala, when His children submit to His will.

bweep will blame me for the kidnapping of johnson and the attack on the socialist mosque.

5 4 3 2 1

re: #88 Aisha

Whiterasta, indeed, Alaah Taala is merciful. Indeed, many suras of the Noble Quaran begin with "bism'allah al rakaam alrakeem"; in the Name of Allah, the Compassionate, the Merciful.

So that is proof, and of course the authenticity of the Quaran has been proved many times, of the Mercifulness of Allah Taala, when His children submit to His will.

Pig chit.

Spending two months in Muslim captivity should be a required training exercise for all British journalists hoping to make it as foreign correspondents. It might help them stay unbiased.

#88 Aisha: The Prophet prophesied truly, and now that the Holy Mahdi, promised BY Muhammad, has come in the Glory of God, Baha'u'llah, Muslims everywhere have a God-given RIGHT to become Baha'is, don't they?

We hear a lot about Hamas being broke thanks to the nefarious Bushite and Zionazi policies of refusing to finance their own enemies. Obviously, then, the terrs were low on bribe money for reporters and editors and had to resort to coercion to keep them in line.

/sarc?

So where will he go 1st after being released?

I bet I know...

He will most likely go to the same place that all Pro-Phakestinian Anti-Israel journalists and "human rights" workers go after being released from their kidnapping or after being hurt by the Phakestinians:

re: #94 WrathofG-d

So where will he go 1st after being released?

I bet I know...

He will most likely go to the same place that all Pro-Phakestinian Anti-Israel journalists and "human rights" workers go after being released from their kidnapping or after being hurt by the Phakestinians:

Israel of course.

Funny how they never "excape" to Egypt, or Jordan. (ie: the other 2 countries that have borders that connect with Gaza, or Judea/Samaria.

He reverted, ehhh? Aisha?

Video of Alan Johnston Release

Oh Allah, here we go again with that Carradine the apostate. Aisha simply says this, carridine; the answer to your verbal-bowel-movement is the SWORD OF ISLAM. Are you a Jew? Never mind. You are an apostate from Islaam, and you should be thankful that you do not have Islamic Laws yet. WHEN YOU DO, you will be facing a meeting with Mr Sharee-Judge and then Mr Scimitar, hopefully in public, like in Saudia, inshallah, you filthy apostate.

I like this part from the link on Drudge:

"Like most Western powers, Britain shuns Hamas for its refusal to abandon violence against the Jewish state and does not recognize Haniyeh's government in Gaza.

However, British diplomats based in Jerusalem have met Haniyeh in Gaza and discussed Johnston's plight in recent weeks."

Sounds like the US. We don't talk to terrorists, but...

I bet that they made him convert to the ROP.
Even if that did not happen you just know that something goofy did.

Storagemanager -- That reporter doesn't have a clue. The elder students are are radical jihadis mixed with Jaimsh-e-Muhammed terrorists, holding guns. The kids under 12 who aren't brainwashed are hostages, schools let out in Pakistan two weeks ago.

Here's the whole point of her piece:

"Come on, we are going out to protest," said Aman. I only recognized her by the glasses perched on the outside of her mask. I follow her outside the madrassah gate where a hundred or so black robed women chant in unison against Pakistan's President Gen. Pervez Musharraf and against George W. Bush

The reporter never mentions the police kidnapped, the shops burned, the beatings adminstered, nor the death fatwahs against Octane's staff, full of reporters just like her, but their skin is brown. What AN IDIOT!

hiya Ploomy
:)

/ I was just headed to the Lounge.

Those Hamas thugs are so heroic, aren't they?

How many weeks before Mr. Johnston starts writing his usual anti-Israel, Muslim terrorists-are-just-freedom-fighters, articles for the Terrorist Broadcasting Network, er, I mean, the BBC?

Almost used the M-word there...phew! Noticed it just in time to stay in accordance with Gordon Brown's edict.

When I read Aisha, my mind is filled with images close to these:(ya gotta scroll)
[Link: www.debbieschlussel.com...]

Power to the Correct People!

Net down to the blogs in Pak, think things are starting to happen?

hrmm net back up. Just heavy traffic

Aisha, we Jews do indeed eat babies, ... sugerbabies like you that is.

The hamas frees a reporter from his captor friends for publicity, but think nothing of throwing their own palestinian kindred off the top of tall buldings.

Can't wait for the movie.

Did he have to convert before he was released?

Aisha sounds like a junior college professor who has been denied tenure track and needs, for his own ego, to show his identity via mastery of the colloquialism of an intellectual diametric opposite.

/$.02

Hamas, I would gladly trade you one slightly-used BBC reporter for Gilad Shalit.