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Strange development in Bigley hostage situation...

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  • 05-10-2004 5:44pm
    #1
    bonkey
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    Reuters and others have articles up that the Irish government have apparently just issued Ken Bigley an Irish passport on request from his family*. Apparently some hope that Irish citizenship might help persuade his kidnappers to release him (presumably as Ireland, unlike the UK, isn't an active participant in Iraq).

    I can't see this working, but its an interesting development. I'm intrigued by the reason offered. My initial reaction is that this is a smart move by the Irish government on the international political scene, but I can't quite explain in words why...

    jc

    * His mother is Irish, apparently, and so he qualifies legally.

    <edit>Just seen someone else beat me to this while I was typing. I'll close this thread</edit>


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    RuggieBear
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    i refer u to this. Looks like you were beaten to the punch.

    We can only being irish is seen as a reason not to be killed...


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    [Deleted User]
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    Yup his mum is from Dublin so he's entitled to it.
    BBC news 24 reported the passport thing aswell and said that he has been handed over to a different crew of hostage takers who are more interested in getting a ransom now than in killing him.
    The BBC's source for that was the Bigley family.


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