In response to
"The nuances between "leverage" and "ransom" are easily obscured, I'm afraid. -- nm*"
by
znufrii, dad.
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When the payment obligation was negotiated prior to the hostage release it's not as difficult to argue (which it was and which was publicly
Posted by
pmb (aka pmb)
Aug 19 '16, 09:22
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acknowledged prior to the hostage release). Frankly, we were holding their cash until they released the hostages. So who was really paying ransom?
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