# Alan Johnston is free

**URL:** <https://tw.forumosa.com/t/alan-johnston-is-free/39019>\
**Category:** International Politics\
**Created:** [July 4, 2007, 10:26am UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/alan-johnston-is-free/39019 "2007-07-04T10:26:49Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![fruitloop](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/f/ecccb3/32.png) [@fruitloop](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/fruitloop)\
**Post date:** [July 4, 2007, 10:26am UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/alan-johnston-is-free/39019/1 "2007-07-04T10:26:49Z")

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Here’s to freedom on the 4th July.

[news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle … 267928.stm](http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/6267928.stm)

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**Author:** ![Mr\_PBH](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/user_avatar/tw.forumosa.com/mr_pbh/32/230938_2.png) [@Mr\_PBH](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/Mr_PBH)\
**Post date:** [July 4, 2007, 10:53am UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/alan-johnston-is-free/39019/2 "2007-07-04T10:53:20Z")

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Good for him and his family. Was there a “release fee” paid?

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**Author:** ![sandman](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/ebca7d/32.png) [@sandman](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/sandman)\
**Post date:** [July 4, 2007, 11:04am UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/alan-johnston-is-free/39019/3 "2007-07-04T11:04:21Z")

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Don’t think so. The kidnappers were just shitting in their keks at the thought of being hunted down by a Hamas keen to make a good impression. Lucky man indeed.

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**Author:** ![Mr\_PBH](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/user_avatar/tw.forumosa.com/mr_pbh/32/230938_2.png) [@Mr\_PBH](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/Mr_PBH)\
**Post date:** [July 7, 2007, 11:20pm UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/alan-johnston-is-free/39019/4 "2007-07-07T23:20:36Z")

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> 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.

Told ya.

That will keep the “news” coming for a while.  
[thememriblog.org/blog\_personal/en/2068.htm](http://www.thememriblog.org/blog_personal/en/2068.htm)

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**Author:** ![MikeN](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/76d3ee/32.png) [@MikeN](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/MikeN)\
**Post date:** [July 8, 2007, 6:38am UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/alan-johnston-is-free/39019/5 "2007-07-08T06:38:12Z")

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Well, coming from such an impartial source on Palestinian affairs as MEMRI, I guess that settles it.

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**Author:** ![Mr\_PBH](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/user_avatar/tw.forumosa.com/mr_pbh/32/230938_2.png) [@Mr\_PBH](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/Mr_PBH)\
**Post date:** [July 8, 2007, 8:08am UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/alan-johnston-is-free/39019/6 "2007-07-08T08:08:10Z")

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> [@MikeN](#):
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> Well, coming from such an impartial source on Palestinian affairs as MEMRI, I guess that settles it.

MEMRI are the folks bringing out things like Nazi Mickey and the inbred stupidity of Imams and their Koranic interpretations. Killing the messenger eh?

You honesly think Johnston was freed for free?

you never stuck me as MikeNaive before. 😉