Turkey rejects Iraqi hostage demands

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By Andrew Marshall

Baghdad - Turkey rejected on Sunday the demands of militants in Iraq threatening to behead three Turkish hostages during US President George Bush's visit to Istanbul for a Nato summit.

Militants loyal to suspected al Qaeda ally Abu Musab al-Zarqawi said in a statement to Al Jazeera television on Saturday that the three hostages would be executed within 72 hours unless Turks stopped working with US-led forces in Iraq.

"Turkey has been fighting terrorist activity for more than 20 years," Turkish Defence Minister Vecdi Gonul told reporters in Istanbul. "They ask many things, they demand many things. We never consider them with seriousness."

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How would a government survive without the working people paying taxes giving the government income. Then in the time of need 'governments' turn their backs and refuse to save its people. They claim principle? Go see F911 and tell me about principle.

Reagan paid for hostages.

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1. Well

I suppose we should expect more hostages to be executed.

Not that I would have expected Turkey to give in to demands of these psychopaths.

Damn this war and Bush...and all the insanity and killing.