Croatian or Albanian?
Ivo Skoric
ivo at reporters.net
Sat Oct 30 05:42:55 CEST 2004
Interesting. CNN reported that a Croatian was kidnapped in Kabul,
while Deutsche Welle at the same time reported that Albanian was
kidnapped in Kabul. Apparently, BBC and Guardian reported the same.
And now the news are independently verified by an acquintance in
Afganistan. Conclusion: CNN did poor fact checking job on that news
item.
ivo
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Date sent: Fri, 29 Oct 2004 12:45:36 -0700 (PDT)
From: Indira Kajosevic <indira_kaj at yahoo.com>
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Subject: Fwd: RE: HOW ARE YOU... is this true...Croatian Kidnapped in Kabul
To: ivo at balkansnet.org
--- Rachel Wareham <rachelwareham at gawab.com> wrote:
> From: "Rachel Wareham" <rachelwareham at gawab.com>
> To: <indira at balkansnet.org>
> Subject: RE: HOW ARE YOU... is this true...Croatian
> Kidnapped in Kabul
> Date: Fri, 29 Oct 2004 23:14:56 +0430
>
> No its an Albanian woman from Peja called Shqipe
> Habibi. One Philipino
> and one Irish/English. No news yet. Check BBC and
> the Guardian for more
> up to date information.
> Love Rachel
>
> Rachel Wareham
> Head of Mission - Policy and Advocacy
> medica mondiale e.V.
> Afghanistan
> 00-93-70-241875
> rachelwareham at gawab.com
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Indira Kajosevic [mailto:indira_kaj at yahoo.com]
>
> Sent: Friday, October 29, 2004 8:56 PM
> To: rachelwareham at gawab.com
> Subject: HOW ARE YOU... is this true...Croatian
> Kidnapped in Kabul
>
>
> >
> > thinking of you
> > love,
> > indira
> > --- Ivo Skoric <ivo at REPORTERS.NET> wrote:
> >
> > > Date: Fri, 29 Oct 2004 11:08:03 -0400
> > > From: Ivo Skoric <ivo at REPORTERS.NET>
> > > Subject: Croatian Kidnapped in Kabul
> > > To:
> ZAMIR-CHAT-LIST at LISTSERV.BUFFALO.EDU
> > >
> > > CNN
> > >
> > > KABUL, Afghanistan (AP ) -- Armed men kidnapped
> > > three foreign
> > > election workers as they drove in a white
> sport
> > > utility vehicle in
> > > the Afghan capital on Thursday, the United
> > > Nations and Afghan
> > > officials said.
> > >
> > >
> > > An election official, speaking on condition of
> > > anonymity, said that
> > > the victims were all women and were believed to
> > > include one Irish
> > > citizen and one Croatian.
> > >
> > >
> > > U.N. spokesman Manoel de Almeida e Silva
> > confirmed
> > > the abductions
> > > but
> > > declined to identify the victims or give
> > > their nationalities.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > The motive for the attack was not clear, but
> > > Taliban rebels have in
> > > the past kidnapped Westerners, and the U.S.
> > > Embassy issued a
> > > warning earlier this month that abductions
> > > might be attempted
> > > surrounding the October 9 presidential vote.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Abdul Hadi Qasemi, an Afghan working for U.N.
> > > security, said the
> > > three were stopped and abducted by five
> gunmen.
> > He
> > > said the driver
> > > of the U.N. car was also missing.
> > >
> > >
> > > On Thursday afternoon, U.N. security staff
> ringed
> > > the white vehicle,
> > > found on a dusty street near an office of
> the
> > > joint U.N.-Afghan
> > > electoral body set up to oversee the
> > > presidential vote.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > The car, clearly marked with the world body's
> > > initials, had its
> > > doors
> > > locked; there was no sign of any struggle.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > The three were driven away in a dark-colored
> > > four-wheel drive
> > > vehicle
> > > in the direction of Paghman, a district in
> the
> > > west of Kabul
> > > province that is considered rife with
> > > banditry, said Abdul
> > > Jamil, head of the city police's criminal
> > > department, citing
> > > witness accounts.
> > >
> > >
> > > Police said officers manning checkpoints around
> > the
> > > city and in
> > > neighboring provinces were alerted to check
> > the
> > > identity of any
> > > foreigners passing their posts.
> > >
> > >
> > > Two NATO helicopter gunships were circling over
> > the
> > > city. NATO armed
> > > vehicles were stationed on street corners
> > in
> > > the city's Wazir
> > > Akbar Khan neighborhood, where many aid
> workers
> > > and diplomats live.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Afghan security forces were stopping cars and
> > > questioning
> > > passengers.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Afghanistan remains a largely lawless country
> in
> > > the grip of warlord
> > > militias, despite the presence of thousands
> of
> > > American troops and
> > > other foreign soldiers under NATO
> command.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > About 1,000 people have died in political
> > violence
> > > so far this year,
> > > including more than 30 American soldiers.
> Still,
> > it
> > > has not seen
> > > kidnappings or suicide attacks of the
> > > intensity that is
> > > roiling
> > > Iraq.
> > >
> > >
> > > A string of bombings and shootings blamed on
> > > militants killed at
> > > least a dozen election workers in the run up
> to
> > > the presidential
> > > vote.
> > >
> > >
> > > Election day passed relatively peacefully, but
> > > optimism that the
> > > militants were a fading force was dampened
> > Saturday
> > > when a suicide
> > > attacker armed with grenades killed an
> > > American woman and an
> > > Afghan teenager and injured three NATO soldiers
> > in
> > > a Kabul
> > > shopping street.
> > >
> > >
> > > Several foreign construction workers have been
> > > kidnapped along the
> > > Kabul-Kandahar highway which is being
> > > rebuilt with mainly
> > > U.S.
> > > funds.
> > >
> > >
> > > One Turkish engineer was shot dead in a
> shootout
> > > between kidnappers
> > > and security guards in March. Others abducted,
> > > including Turks and
> > > Indians, were later released unharmed.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
>
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