Written by: Beck
The three Turkish men held captive by al-Zarqawi--who had threatened to behead them in three days if Turkish companies didn't stop helping coalition forces--appear to
have been released.
The Turkish official said Tuesday the men informed the Turkish government they were on their way back to Turkey from Iraq.
"We only know they have been released," Reuters quoted a Turkish government official as saying.
The Arabic-language television network Al Jazeera said a group led by suspected al Qaeda operative Abu Musab al-Zarqawi had freed the three, who were kidnapped last week, "for the sake of Muslims in Turkey."
[...] The militants said they decided to free the Turks "after they pledged not to support the non-believers again," meaning stop working for U.S. forces.
Nice to actually have some good news for once. But the news can't all be good. The first fatal attack after the turnover of sovereignty weren't long in coming.
Three marines have been killed and several more wounded in a roadside bombing. And those won't be the last deaths either.
