German says Zarqawi behind her abduction

[ECH1969]

"I was quite clearly told about whom it concerned, namely a grouping of the Abu Musab al-Zarqawi group," Susanne Osthoff said in an interview conducted by German public television station ZDF on Tuesday and broadcast on Wednesday.

She was freed by December 18 after the intervention of the German government, which has declined to comment on any conditions for her release.

Osthoff, 43, has made it clear she is not rushing back to Germany, but there have been conflicting reports about whether she plans to return to Iraq.

German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier and other leading government figures have strongly urged Osthoff not to go back to Iraq.

http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory?id=1449864

[FlemingsGhost]

1. Uh huh ... What do we know about Susanne Osthoff?

Color me skeptical.

[ECH1969]

3. Freed hostage: Kidnappers treated me well

A German woman freed after being held hostage in Iraq for more than three weeks said today that she was treated well by her kidnappers, who told her they do not hurt women or children.

Osthoff, the first German to be kidnapped in Iraq, disappeared with her Iraqi driver on November 25.

The German government expressed concern today that Osthoff has not ruled out going back to Iraq and appealed to her not to return.

"After the intensive efforts of many who were involved, which in the end led to her release, I would find it hard to understand if Mrs. Ostoff again put herself in a dangerous situation,” German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier said.

http://www.eveningecho.ie/news/bstory.asp?j=10892248&p=yx89zz94&n=10892336

[SkiGuy]

2. So maybe it was the 14th-18th highest ranking Al Q officials?

[pinniped]

4. No one has ever seen al-Zarqawi.

Al-Zarqawi's orders come from a super-secret black box somewhere.

[Evergreen Emerald]

5. I saw him the other day at Am/PM

He was with Elvis. I think he had only one leg.

[PassingFair]

7. What about the "sucking chest wound"?

See any signs of the sucking chest wound?

[Straight Shooter]

6. Aha! So that explains the bulge on bush's back. n/t

[Vidar]

8. Peter Pan and the Easter Bunny were too busy.