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Kidnapped BBC Reporter Spends Birthday in Captivity

news.bbc.co.uk

BBC reporter Alan Johnston will spend his 45th birthday in captivity. He was kidnapped nine weeks ago in Gaza, where he had worked for three years. The BBC will mark his birthday with candlelight vigils in cities around the world.

To sign a petition urging Johnston’s release, click here.

BBC:

BBC Gaza correspondent Alan Johnston is spending his 45th birthday in captivity after being kidnapped nine weeks ago, amid continuing fighting in Gaza.

Vigils to mark it will be held by the BBC in London, Tehran, Moscow, Hong Kong and Ramallah.

Meanwhile, an Islamic cleric detained in the UK, Abu Qatada, has reportedly offered to travel to Gaza to help secure Mr Johnston’s release.

The journalist was abducted at gunpoint in Gaza City on 12 March.

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By Rob, May 17, 2007 at 11:13 am #
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You’re absolutely right Forkboy. These Kalishnikov-wielding idiots and religious fanatics don’t realize how much these pointless abductions hurt their international image and their cause.

I stopped caring about the Palestinians years ago. They and their Israeli adversaries behave like stupid children. Fuck ‘em

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By Forkboy, May 17, 2007 at 8:52 am #

Such actions within the Palestinian territories does tend to make one feel less sympathetic to the causes (many of them correct) of the Palestinian peoples.

This reporter has nothing to do with the ongoing struggle between Israel and the Palestinian people. His abduction is without merit or purpose and only acts as a disservice to the moderates within the territories.

They, the moderates, need to step up to the plate and demand the immediate release of Mr. Johnston. Otherwise they are simply as guilty as those elements who abducted him.

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