yet another attempt to divert the thread back to actually addressing the matter at hand (weakening quickly in the desire to keep doing this along the way)
another update from le monde:
http://www.lemonde.fr/web/article/0,...-377233,0.html
the range of parties, internationally and in iraq, who are trying to pressure the islamic army of iraq to release these people is remarkable. check out the statements from various mullah/imam in iraq in particular.
no-one knows what ia happening on the ground, however. not yet at least.