Kidnapped Canadian unlikely to be freed without ransom, group says

CALGARY — A Canadian journalist and an Australian photographer held captive for nearly six months in Somalia will likely not be released by their kidnappers unless a ransom is paid, according to an organization monitoring the case.
Leonard Vincent, Africa desk chief of Paris-based Reporters Without Borders, said the “middlemen” involved in negotiations for the release of Amanda Lindhout of Sylvan Lake, Alta. and Brisbane-based Nigel Brennan are getting “angry” at Canadian authorities for treating the situation as if it were a “police case.”
“Obviously, there's some kind of obstruction on the fact that Canadians are sitting on the principle that they don't pay for terrorism, which is something that is crazy because somebody will have to pay,” Mr. Vincent said..more..http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20090209.wlindhout0209/BNStory/National/home