Umm, Yeah, This sends the right message

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BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraq's government said one of two women in U.S. custody would be freed on Wednesday, but insisted the move was unrelated to the demands of kidnappers who have killed two Americans and are threatening to kill a Briton.

The Tawhid and Jihad group led by Jordanian al Qaeda ally Abu Musab al-Zarqawi said in an Internet statement it had killed American Jack Hensley because its demands for the release of female prisoners from prisons in Iraq had not been met.

U.S. forces say they only hold two female Iraqi prisoners. Rihab Taha and Huda Ammash, dubbed "Dr Germ" and "Mrs Anthrax" by U.S. forces, are held in a prison for high-level suspects.

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You probably right GScholz, but there's no denying that if either prisoner was held by France/Spain/Russia etc and then released in such circumstances, the usual self-righteous neo-right dittoheads would be pontificating about "appeasement" already. (right Rip?)