Al Qaeda Leader Zawahiri Says He Has US Hostage

[Jroc]

In exchange for Weinstein's release, Zawahiri requests the lifting of the Israeli "siege" of the Gaza strip, the complete end of "bombings by America and its allies in Pakistan, Afghanistan, Yemen, Somalia and Gaza," the release of all al Qaeda and Taliban prisoners and the closing down of the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo bay, Cuba, in addition to the release of members of Osama bin Laden's family.

"Obama has the power, capacity and authority to free [Weinstein]," says Zawahiri. "He could also leave him in captivity for years and, if he does something stupid, kill him."

In August, Pakistani police arrested three men in connection with the kidnapping. Weinstein, a private U.S. citizen who has lived in Pakistan for seven years, was sleeping in his bed when assailants burst into his home to snatch him. The former USAID worker is currently employed by the private U.S.-based development firm J.E. Austin Associates.

All three suspects are from the same province in which Weinstein lived, an area far from the turbulent tribal regions near the Afghan border more usually associated with violent attacks. The men were arrested after investigators managed to track their cell phone numbers, the Lahore police chief said without elaborating.

Some in Pakistan have speculated privately that Weinstein was not a development worker, but instead worked in intelligence for the U.S. Punjab Law Minister Rana Sanaullah publicly announced his suspicions, telling local media that Weinstein was involved in "quite suspect" intelligence-gathering for the U.S. government and comparing him to Raymond Davis, the American CIA contractor who was jailed in Pakistan earlier this year for shooting two men on the streets of Lahore.

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[JStone]

What siege on Gaza?

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VKcWYHUZMks]carino's Gaza - YouTube[/ame]

 

[Jroc]

What siege on Gaza?

carino's Gaza - YouTube

A friken prison camp

 

[High_Gravity]

Americans cannot live in places like Pakistan without protection.

 

[spectrumc01]

No sympathy at all for this idiot. He deserves exactly what he gets. In reality maybe he should be killed to send a message to the rest of the US citizens to quit doing stupid shit.

captured Iranian hikers...idiots
captured North Korean journalists....idiots
Arrested teens in Egypt...idiots

All should at the very least recieve a bill for rescuing them for their own stupidity.

 

[Katzndogz]

He's a Jew so its highly unlikely that this admistration is going to do anything at all on his behalf.