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Old 08-13-2006, 05:38 PM
peragro peragro is offline
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Originally Posted by Botnst View Post
That is exactly what the KGB used when the son of a diplomat was kidnapped in Beirut in the 1970's, I think. KGB kidnapped the son of one of the kidnapper's family's, castrated him, sent his testicles to the kidnappers. No more Soviet citizens were kidnapped.

I can't imagine that the US Congress would look favorably on that kind of diplomacy, I know I don't. But it sure as hell is effective.

B
I'm sure that folks like Nasrallah would be the last people in the world to volunteer as a martyr. Why not capture him on the sly and place an explosive charge in his basal ganglia. We hold the trigger, he tows the line.

I watch too many spy flicks...
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