10 million Euro ransom paid for release of Estonians , report

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According to Lebanese media reports the Estonian government paid the kidnappers of the seven Estonian tourists 10 million euros to win their release.

Al-Mustaqbal reported that the release of the seven Estonians was the result of painstaking negotiations conducted by Estonia and France with non-Lebanese sides, including Syrian authorities.

Estonian Foreign Minister Urmas Paet was evasive yesterday when asked whether the Estonian government paid a ransom or not to release his countrymen :

“There are always costs involved with such a joint (release) operation,” Paet told a news conference in Tallinn, Estonia.

He did not elaborate except to say that “the cost was not minor ” , While, according to Estonian media reports Estonian Prime Minister Andrus Ansip was much more “categorical, indicating that no negotiations have been carried out with terrorists and nobody has given them money. You will not hear anything else from me, Ansip declared to journalists.”

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12 responses to “10 million Euro ransom paid for release of Estonians , report”

  1. thugs rewarded handsomely for bad behaviour, another great story for lebanon tourism. lets  see if anyone gets arrested for this or maybe they have leave it alone so it does not get politicized too.

    1. 5thDrawer Avatar
      5thDrawer

      Rather a lot for Estonian cyclists …. 😉 Did they get their back-packs & bicycles back?
        But surely another reason for world economies collapsing when unproductive bums get so much for putting some people in chains for 4 months. If the Somalis see this, they’ll be upping the price of a crew and it’s ship.
      Better not to report trade figures, I think.

  2. thugs rewarded handsomely for bad behaviour, another great story for lebanon tourism. lets  see if anyone gets arrested for this or maybe they have leave it alone so it does not get politicized too.

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      Anonymous

      Rather a lot for Estonian cyclists …. 😉 Did they get their back-packs & bicycles back?
        But surely another reason for world economies collapsing when unproductive bums get so much for putting some people in chains for 4 months. If the Somalis see this, they’ll be upping the price of a crew and it’s ship.
      Better not to report trade figures, I think.

  3. Fauzia45 Avatar
    Fauzia45

    What people want to hear is who was behind all this or is it going to remain a mystery !?

    1. antar2011 Avatar
      antar2011

      it is not needed.

      it does nto take a genius to figure out who was behind it.

      1. 5thDrawer Avatar
        5thDrawer

        Although, there’s really more than ‘one’ little army running around with guns …

        1. antar2011 Avatar
          antar2011

          they all fall in the same basket mate.
          they all are NOT the official lebanese army.

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    Anonymous

    What people want to hear is who was behind all this or is it going to remain a mystery !?

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      Anonymous

      it is not needed.

      it does nto take a genius to figure out who was behind it.

      1.  Avatar
        Anonymous

        Although, there’s really more than ‘one’ little army running around with guns …

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          Anonymous

          they all fall in the same basket mate.
          they all are NOT the official lebanese army.

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