Alan Johnston: "freedom is delicious"
After , mostly spent in solitary confinement, , our ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Gaza correspondent, is free. He is now at the British Consulate in Jerusalem and is expected to be reunited with his family in the next few days. 200,000 people signed the online petition that helped to keep Alan's plight on the international agenda. appears to have been extremely significant in securing his release.
Alan was released on the very day his parents are to receive an award on his behalf from Amnesty International. See pictures .
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Excellent news to get up to!
How do you make the bad guys look like the good guys turning the black hats into the white hats? How does the Jolly Roger get a makeover to look like the Good Ship Lollipop? How does a group whom not only the US government but even the EU calls terrorists get to look like heroes coming to the rescue of someone in dire trouble. Simple, set up a bogus organization to kidnap someone a lot of people like because he is their advocate propagandist, make believe they are holding him for an impossible ransom, convince everyone that his life is in grave peril, and then when all hope is practically gone and at the most advantageous moment, pretend you have rescued him and returned him to the bosom of his worried family, his collegues, and his nation to tell his harrowing story. With the average citizen of the world having slightly less political savvy than a potted plant, most people will buy this farce. I'm not among them. He was an advocate, a self admitted friend of those he reported on to begin with. I find it impossible to believe that in the most densely crowded place on earth, with a face that sticks out from the locals like a sore thumb, someone wouldn't have recognized him and there wouldn't have been crowds of protestors surrounding them unless the entire play had been very carefully orchestrated and those in charge would not allow anyone outside their group to get anywhere near him. Alan Johnston's life was never in any danger right from the moment of his kidnapping to the moment of his release. In fact it was all they could do to frighten him into thinking it was in danger without actually running the risk of hurting him. And how has the "victim" in all of this reacted? By saying that the group which kidnapped him is an anomoly...while the perpetrators continue firing rockets, planning suicide bombings, and calling for the destruction of Israel after a ten year cease fire so that they have time to regroup. The Palestinian Taleban has demonstrated that only it can create order from the chaos under corrupt Fatah. Now who is for resuming sending these fine fellows hundreds of millions of dollars in aid?
Welcome back to freedom Alan. So many people were praying for your release. Enjoy every minute of it. I bet you will, too. An experience like yours will make you appreciate every second of life.
Really delighted to hear this. I hope foolish people won't start proving their foolishness by walking around praising Hamas now.
we need to be grateful to Hamas for this intervention. They are an elected party and the west needs do deal with them.
Was it just a coincidence or did Islamofascism Inc. release Johnston just 48 hours after Britain went on highest alert expecting another terrorist attack to divert the public's attention and take the heat off? Seems like the events of just a few days ago have been completely forgotten and put into some distant past memory. And they say the American public has a short attention span.
Let's just rejoice at the good news!
Great news about Alan how nice it is to have some positive news from the Gaza Strip for a change but how sad it is to see in every picture and news video from Gaza men with Masks and Guns.....
Hopefully this event may be a turning point towards peace...