Taliban Say They Killed Polish Contractor in Pakistan

[Coventina]

Source: New York Times

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — A Polish engineer who was kidnapped by the Taliban last September was killed by his captors Friday night after negotiations with the government for his release collapsed, a Taliban spokesman said on Saturday.

A spokesman for the president of Pakistan, Asif Ali Zardari, said initial reports received by the government showed that the engineer, Piotr Stanczak, had been killed but the authorities were awaiting final confirmation. In Poland, the prime minister, Donald Tusk, said he had received reports that Mr. Stanczak had been killed.

Mr. Stanczak, who was shown in a video on Pakistani television in October pleading for his release, was one of several foreigners captured by the Taliban in recent months, evidence of the increasingly grim security situation in the country.

He appears to be the first Western captive killed by Islamic militants in Pakistan since the murder of Daniel Pearl, a Wall Street Journal correspondent, in January 2002.



Read more: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/08/world/asia/08pstan.html?ref=world

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[ohio2007]

1. Pakistani Taliban behead abducted Polish oil worker after 18 weeks of captivity as a spy suspect

odd, usually they dispense justice on the spot unless they are after something importantand in a position of weakness

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A Taliban spokesman who identified himself as Mohammad, told various media organizations over the phone that Polish citizen Peter Stanczak was executed in tribal district of South Waziristan after the expiry of a February 6 deadline given to Pakistani and Polish governments to fulfil the militants' demands.

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http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/254669,pakistani-taliban-behead-abducted-polish-oil-worker--summary.html

They still hold a US citizen.
I wonder what Obama's policy is when it comes to negotiating with Pakistani Taliban

[ohio2007]

2. Video appears to show hostage killing in Pakistan

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If confirmed, Stanczak's death would appear to be the first killing of a Western hostage in Pakistan since U.S. journalist Daniel Pearl was beheaded in 2002.


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http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/A/AS_PAKISTAN?SITE=CAVIC&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT