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South Korea paid $20M ransom, says Taliban
A senior Taiban leader in Afghanistan said South Korea paid $20 million for the release of 19 hostages - and vowed to use the payoff to buy weapons and kill more people.
The insurgent claimed the South Korean government quietly handed over the cash to ensure the Christian aid workers held captive for more than a month were safely returned.
"We got more than $20 million" from the South Korean government, the commander told Reuters. "With it we will purchase arms, get our communication network renewed and buy vehicles for carrying out more suicide attacks."
Originally posted by Conspiracy Theorist
reply to post by SmokeyJo
$20,000,000. Easy. Id buy 40 suitcase nukes and hold the world to ransom.
CT
Why doesnt every local neighbourhood dispute get hold of one of these bad boys!
Originally posted by Conspiracy Theorist
Probably because it is somewhat difficult to limit the damage to one side of the dispute.
Originally posted by zysin5
No offense to you guys who think about this stuff.. yet if you ask me what weapon would I buy for 20 million??
A weapon that could shoot supplies and food to the hungry people of the world.. So I guess thats not a weapon at all then...
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AFGHANISTAN'S Taliban plan to abduct and kill more nationals from foreign countries whose troops serve under NATO and the US military in the country, a spokesman for the Islamic movement warned today.