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Alan Johnston's "hosts" hurt he didn't thank them for their hospitality
filed on Jul 08, 2007 12:58 pm
6 comments, latest by Spiny Norman at 8:38 pm 7/8
#1 cba γβα גבא ابت вба at 12:59 pm on Jul 08, 2007
The kidnappers expressed bizarre resentment that Johnston, 45, had done nothing to thank them for their hospitality while they held him at gunpoint in a tiny cell.

“We used to give him everything he wanted,” Abu Zobayer, an aide to Dagmoush, said.

“We spent £70 on his food every week. The Matouk restaurant [one of the best eateries in Gaza] got rich because we had to feed him.”

...

“We had people with him all the time to try to help him to relax,” said Zobayer.

“We gave him a radio so that he could listen to his own channel. I myself sat with him to try to make him feel comfortable and feel that he will be released.”
#2 evariste at 1:04 pm on Jul 08, 2007
Wow.
#3 Spiny Norman at 1:21 pm on Jul 08, 2007
::sniff::
#4 RC neo-Jew at 1:45 pm on Jul 08, 2007
They think he should have given a tip to Zobayer as he left the Hamas Luxury Hotel?
#5 Throbert McGee at 2:06 pm on Jul 08, 2007
Note this comment:

Thanks to Hamas. Now people in Gaza can walk freely and comfortably in Gaza, Foreign reporters also can feel secure while doing their jobs, before they had even the courage to come in Gaza because of the Fatah-backed gangs of Abbas.

Ismail , Gaza, Palestine


Thanks for the update, Ismail!
#6 Spiny Norman at 8:38 pm on Jul 08, 2007
#5 Throbert McGee
Note this comment:

Thanks to Hamas. Now people in Gaza can walk freely and comfortably in Gaza, Foreign reporters also can feel secure while doing their jobs, before they had even the courage to come in Gaza because of the Fatah-backed gangs of Abbas.

Ismail , Gaza, Palestine


Thanks for the update, Ismail!

Isn't that kinda along the same lines as "at least the Fascists/Nazis/Communists made the trains run on time"?
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