"Witnesses said the five were taken to the headquarters of the Palestinian Red Crescent Society in the center of the town and the building was surrounded by about 25 armed men. "

Good to see the IRC maintaining it's strong neutral stance.

Of course this kidnapping must be a result of French support of the war in Iraq and the humiliation of their arab brethren brought upon by Abu Ghraib...no, that's not it.

Well then in that case it surely must be because of French support of Israeli policies and of the barrier...no, that's not it either.

Maybe its due to the fact that French military forcibly occupy the Palestinian territories...hmm, guess its not that too.

Well, I'm all out of the usual excuses for terrorism, so I'll just quote the Philippine deputy foreign minister, Rafael Seguis:

" “We know that Islam is the religion of peace and mercy.”

Not to minimize how deadly serious this is for those hostages and their families, but what, exactly, can be accomplished by kidnapping French citizens?

"We call on the government of France to stop supporting Israe....

I mean, we call on them to withdraw from Ira...

Wait, I've got it, we call on France to use its position on the UN security council to obstruct U.S. ..... hmmm.

O.K...One more try.

We hearby release the prisoners as a reward for French complicity in the war on the West.

Yeah. That's it."

Seriously, French or not, my prayers are with them.

You're in this with us, Frenchie, no matter how much that might bother you.

On the other hand, maybe those kidnapped were French Jews. If so, I don't think Chirac will mind.

Have no fear!

The government of France will spring into action and deploy the might of France's army to free the...

Oh, right. The Government of France will spring into action using the French Foreign Legion...

What do you mean the United States won't transport the Legion! It is an outrage! We shall lodge a complaint with the United Na...

Oh well...

Da_Wiz Sends

Apparently they will be freed:

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&u=/ap/20040716/ap_on_re_mi_ea/israel_palestinians

The morons probably figured out that the French are on their side.

Or maybe the smell was just too much...

Or maybe the smell was just too much...

Reminds me of this fantastic quote by Lady Thatcher:

"The French have body odor that could knock a buzzard off a shit wagon all the way across the channel."

God, I love that woman. We need someone like her to run for President in '08.

To Quote Seinfeld: "That's a shame."

"The French have body odor that could knock a buzzard off a shit wagon all the way across the channel."

I knew there was something more to that whole Pepe LePew thing.

She did not say that. Stop it. Where did you get that quote?

She did not say that. Stop it. Where did you get that quote?

I'm not sure now. I saw it printed somewhere. Well, if she didn't say it, she certainly should have. It's a great line. I still think she's the best though.