releasing captives at any price. The Weinstein family can thank the Israel government's acceptance of absurd terms for Shalits release.

Not a man , neither with honour nor bravery. Muslims of old would throw you out as a creature akin to women. You on the one side, Obama on other, Ikhwan and Salafis, are driving Islam into the Tahara; a toilet in Iraqi. Curses of Allah upon you & al Rasul Mohammed al- nabi be unto you , oh kuffar against Islam and humanity who do not do as the almighty wants but what the devil needs

Hahamin warned against redeeming hostages for money. govenment of Israel succumbed to PR campaign on behalf of Shalit; Not only 1000 terror practitioners released, now we have Jawaheri wanting more of our blood. Kol Hakavod Shalits

Don't people read intelligent books and papers, or they are just happy with the BS said by US Presidents about Islam meaning "peace", rather than its real meaning which is SUBMISSION, and elimination of the infidels? Why wasn't he aware that Pakistan has been the refuge of Al Qaida FOR YEARS???

Read the fu--ing signs. DON'T FEED THE WILD LIFE!

& you get burnt. As a Jew, I have no sympathy for Weinstein or his family. Consort with the enemy, you deserve to fry.

What a feat of ingenuity and courage, to kidnap an aide worker. What a testimony to Islam, Allah and the Quran, to hijack a defenseless old man. How pathetic and low can one descend, as to claim this heinous act as an achievement? Al Qaeda or El Crappa? Sh?t by any other spelling!

So, what's the newsy part of the article? Is it that Zawahri's demands are so impossibly high? Well, maybe not impossibly high for Obama.

Surely that would be a fate worse than death for them. Two weeks with that shrew, Al-Qaeda will give up and convert to Judaism!

The United States did not lift a finger to save 105 Jewish hostages -- plus an Air France airplane crew -- in Entebbe, despite the fact that most of those hostages held United States passports. The United States did nothing to avenge the death of a Jewish American journalist. No, the U.S. administration won't do anything now. Jewish blood is cheap to them. We're just a useful source of campaign contributions. It's not exactly as if they'll send a SEAL team to save one Jewish aid worker. My condolences to the family.

jew doing is such a crazy place?

However This Coward did a take a HYPOCRATIC OATH upon entering medical school and I am assuming in saudi arabia? This Oath He CHOSE TO BREAK was for the Common Good Of Man; al-jawahri as You put it is the LOWEST OF LOW, Naham Scum of the Sole Of My Shoe as are All Terrorists Who are an Abomination of Ha Shem!!! Yella Habibi.

It is time Westerners stop being naive about the world. Traveling to and working in Islamist-Jihadist countries like Pakistan, etc is dangerous and should be avoided. It is not heaven out therel. It is the Bottomless Pit of Hell in those countries. America should stop wasting its money, blood, sweats and tears being in such cesspool countries as Afghanistan, Iraq, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, etc where demons dwell. Let those dark countries implode. The less they are the better the world will be. Meanwhile, Western countries should stop accepting Islamist-Jihadist students and immigrants. They are Trojan Horse whose propensity for multiplying is exponential, and whose ultimate goal is to subdue, dominate and islamize the countries where they are.

This is the new face of Islam: the Al Qaeda-Taliban union of Muslims who burn down schools with girls inside, and kidnap little old men. How brave they are. How proud their god of these brave souls who slaughter innocents by the tens of thousands across the middle east. This is why the civilized world is waging war against them - they are nothing more than petty criminals who enjoy torturing and killing innocent people. We shall win, but they will force us down a bloody path over the next century or two.

Is he dressed like a woman ?

If aging Warren (Warren?) is not a working Christians in Action case officer, OR an elderly, long past his sell by date Mossadnik, OR an NGO contract peek-a-boo, I spy with my little eye type, OR an idiot schliemiel who is playing his sub-moronic "give piss a chance", I'll just show the savages how nice I can be, OR I will gets some heavy cash out of this gig to a hostile locale; he is then a poor putz of incredibely bad luck, who was :misled" and went for to Pakistan for "the Waters".

Zawahri knows full well that this guy is a dead man walking. He just wants to behead another American Jew in front of the camera. It is all part of the revenge for Bin Laden and to humiliate Americans and Jews. These guys are just animals. Could you imagine the oucry is a group of Jews held a muslim and then slit his throat on camera. Sorry to say but Weinsteins family might as well sit shiva for him now. Still, he should have known what would happen to him in Pakistan. Foolhardy to go there anyway.

...and it'll bite you. THREE CHEERS FOR ISRAEL!!!

these places read the news, know exactly who they are dealing with....does the thought of $$$ blind them? we see how many are kidnapped, so it has to be "AT YOUR OWN RISK!"

there is no way to say it other than this- a jewish worker goes to pakistan, the land of quaeda to do good works??/ he is a shmuck!!! Israel should not lift a finger-This is now in obama's court as the worker is US. Just like grappel and tannenbaum, you don't go into the heart of arab countries unless you can get out on your own or you have the full backing of the state you come from. By the way, grappel owes israel big time and for the rest of his life. He would have been injail for the rest of his life without bibi's intervention.

people around the world Try to not only let terrorism Paralyze them? There is Plenty of work to change the world in a good way. Not All paki's/afgani's Are Terrorists and The Honorable Mr Weinstein is the kind of Self Giving Person That May Just Bridge the gap. But your sorry self doesn't think that way and You will never understand his Postion as a Gootina Shuma= Salt Of The Earth!!! For Ha Shem Dwells in some of us? What about You?

If you want to be an aid worker then go to places like Brazil and help the street kids because you'll be very welcome. Don't go to places where they rape and kidnap you. America has put its whole attack on hold because of this buffoon?!

They are trying to wreck the relationship between Israel and the US. If they Held Houndreds of US Cityzens would make no differense, they have already Murdered Several Thousends in the 9/11. The US is not a Nation that surenders, She will fight to Her wery death, and Al - Qaida knows this. They are trying to make this to another Gilad Shalit case, to make Israel and the Israeli people holding the US resposible for what happens. If they could hold a US town hostage, with houndreds of thousends of cityzens, the US would not back down without the insuranse that Al-Qaida would renounse Terrorism. Al-Qaida woud never surender and renounse their fight and therefore the US will not never either. Arn.Sweden

Mark, you make me ashamed to be South African with a comment like that. Many would say that living in this country is 'playing with the devil'. Perhaps you should suck it up and shut up.

Thank you for exposing the true face of the these criminals. The world should issue their own "fatwa" against any of these low lifes who hide behind their ugliness. The world needs to join in condemnation of ANY country that harbors terrorists then, hit them where it counts-their economy.

What cowards you are. Kidnapping a 70 year old man. How low can you go?