$200 million ransom for two Japanese reporters

[ZenOps]

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/01/20/islamic-state-japanese-hostages_n_6504906.html

200 million yen, would be payable tomorrow. $200 million US, is still awfully high. Even considering that the politically correct way to label an international spy is "reporter".

[jacky4566]

Guy on the left isn't afraid of shit. He's made his peace.

"He demanded "200 million" without specifying a currency" Fuck those guys. Pay them with 200 Million Zimbabwean dollars.
:rofl:

[killramos]

I say pay them in 200 million grams of lead. Drop it from a fleet of B52's

[Stealth22]

Some of the comments on that page are funny :rofl:


If Isis keeps acting like this the're gonna ruin their tourism industry
Oh c'mon! Now the Japanese? ISIS should be smarter than pissing of the Japanese...
Send in the ninjas

[Nufy]

Use Paypal and then dispute the transaction once they are freed...

Profit !!!

[dubhead]

Originally posted by killramos
I say pay them in 200 million grams of lead. Drop it from a fleet of B52's

:werd:

[sr20s14zenki]

Seems like ISIS is looking for the "suicide by cop". If they piss off the entire world enough, i think they just may get what they are looking for.

If it wasn't for innocent people being in the crossfire, i'd say bomb the fucks....but unfortunately....they are cowards and hide behind innocent people.

[max_boost]

Note to self. Avoid travel to Syria/Iraq :nut: :dunno:

[davidI]

They're looking for headlines and they're getting them. I wish the media would stop reporting these thigns as it just acts in ISIS'favour for recruiting.

People that go to these places need to accept the risk. If I get kidnapped in Yemen I certainly will not expect (or want) a ransom to be paid for my release as it will just mean more people will be taken.

[Xtrema]

Originally posted by davidI
They're looking for headlines and they're getting them. I wish the media would stop reporting these thigns as it just acts in ISIS'favour for recruiting.

People that go to these places need to accept the risk. If I get kidnapped in Yemen I certainly will not expect (or want) a ransom to be paid for my release as it will just mean more people will be taken.

Yup.

[bignerd]

Originally posted by davidI
They're looking for headlines and they're getting them. I wish the media would stop reporting these thigns as it just acts in ISIS'favour for recruiting.

People that go to these places need to accept the risk. If I get kidnapped in Yemen I certainly will not expect (or want) a ransom to be paid for my release as it will just mean more people will be taken.

France pays them all the time... Didn't seem to do them much good.

[rx7boi]

He demanded "200 million" without specifying a currency, but an Arabic subtitle identified it as U.S. dollars.

FYI for people that like to comment but have little to no reading skills. :rofl:

[davidI]

Originally posted by bignerd


France pays them all the time... Didn't seem to do them much good.

Unfortunately this is why people continue to regularly be kidnapped. There's a reason most countries have a policy of not negotiating with terrorists.

There was a South African recently kidnapped as well and a charitable organize raised funds to make payment for him. A Briton I knew / worked with, Bob Semple, was kidnapped nearly 8 months ago and the UK sure as hell won't pay for his release on this basis.

[killramos]

Originally posted by Xtrema


Yup.

Yup, one of the reasons why i wont even discuss charlie hebdo/isis with coworkers. he greater a % of our consciousness we give them the more they win.

As for paying ransoms. Thats what special forces are for.

[davidI]

Originally posted by killramos


As for paying ransoms. Thats what special forces are for.

IMO the first step is waiting it out. If it looks like it is leading to an execution, send in the SF. Sadly those extractions rarely work out but even if everyone involved gets killed it prevents the kidnappers from doing it again and prevents the execution videos we've all seen from promoting recruitment.

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/12/07/world/middleeast/hostage-luke-somers-is-killed-in-yemen-during-rescue-attempt-american-official-says.html

[Feruk]

Originally posted by bignerd
France pays them all the time... Didn't seem to do them much good.
Kidnapping and oil sales are two big sources of income for IS. What I find even more ironic is how Syria actually buys black market oil from IS, who it is at war with. Both the Syrians and French give money to those wanting them dead.