1. Joseph Alexander Norland said:

I am trying desperately to marshal a modicum of compassion for the wretched creatures who, for all we know, may be beheaded like Daniel Pearl was. I just cannot feel compassion. In fact, it's taking a heroic effort not to feel Schadenfreude.

2. Leonard said:

I understand that some of the "peace activists" were in Iraq investigating allegations of American torture and abuse and are members of ISM a pro-palestinian activist group and spent some time in the West Bank, and that the Palestinians in Rammallah have been campaigning for their release.

3. rocky said:

Sounds like a tragicomedy.

On the one hand some naive morons unable to recognize a threat even when it is their face, and on the other a bunch of religious fanatics too blind to recognize an ally.

Eeither have been encouraged to ever think by themselves and use their God-given brains. The former ensnared by PC and tolerance, and the latter trapped by islamic mental slavery.

4. Joeboy said:

ISM Press release

5. Bill Levinson said:

Re: Joeboy's ISM press release, "The Al-Aqsa Martyr’s Brigades released a statement saying that “these activists are the friends of the martyr Rachel Corrie who was killed while protecting Palestinian homes in Gaza. We know who these people are and like us they stand against the apartheid wall and the Israeli occupation. We call on the kidnappers to release these people so they can come to Palestine to stand on the side of oppressed people.”"

That is awfully nice of the ISM and Al-Aqsa, noting that they are probably the ones who set up Rachel Corrie to be killed so they could make propaganda. http://www.omdurman.org/ism.html for strong evidence that this is what happened. And if the Christian aid workers did go to "Palestine" to work with the ISM, at least one would probably get a bullet in his back-- a bullet of the same caliber as used by the IDF, of course, but fired by a Palestinian during a confrontation with the IDF.

6. Joeboy said:

"Strong evidence"? I presume that's some kind of joke.

Bill, do you ever think about the things you post on the internet at all? Do you care in the slightest whether they make any sense or have any grounding in fact or reason? Do you not worry about making yourself look stupid?

I probably shouldn't send this as it will give you the satisfaction of knowing that you are a minor irritation, but it's late and I'm going to press the post button and worry about it later.

Joe

7. Joeboy said:

Bill

While I think of it, I'd like to reassure you that the last person you told me was "very likely to get a bullet in her back" is alive, well and studying to be a lawyer.

Joe