Canadian freelance journalist Amanda Lindhout arrived in Nairobi, Kenya, on Thursday, a day after being released in Somalia following 15 months of captivity.A small plane carried Lindhout and Australian photographer Nigel Brennan, who had been taken hostage with her, from Mogadishu, Somalia.Journalists were kept well away from Lindhout and Brennan at the airport in Mogadishu by Somali officials.Following a reunion with her mother in Nairobi, who has been in Kenya for two weeks trying to win her daughter's release, Lindhout was expected to go to a hospital for a checkup."Amanda's parents are overjoyed and request continued privacy for the family while they focus on Amanda and her transition back to normal life," said Lindhout family spokeswoman Sarah Geddes. "They will return to Canada as soon as Amanda is fit to fly home.
Geddes said that Brennan has also been reunited with his family.Sources with knowledge of the negotiations have confirmed to CBC News that the total ransom paid for the release of Lindhout and Brennan was $600,000 US.Lindhout said Wednesday that she was kept in "extremely oppressive" conditions that included torture and beatings.A freelance television and print reporter from Sylvan Lake, Alta., Lindhout was usually based in Baghdad. She wrote for the Red Deer Advoc
ate newspaper, reporting from war zones in Africa, Iraq and Afghanistan...more..http://www.cbc.ca/canada/british-columbia/story/2009/11/26/amanda-lindhout-freed-kenya.html?ref=rss
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Geddes said that Brennan has also been reunited with his family.Sources with knowledge of the negotiations have confirmed to CBC News that the total ransom paid for the release of Lindhout and Brennan was $600,000 US.Lindhout said Wednesday that she was kept in "extremely oppressive" conditions that included torture and beatings.A freelance television and print reporter from Sylvan Lake, Alta., Lindhout was usually based in Baghdad. She wrote for the Red Deer Advoc
ate newspaper, reporting from war zones in Africa, Iraq and Afghanistan...more..http://www.cbc.ca/canada/british-columbia/story/2009/11/26/amanda-lindhout-freed-kenya.html?ref=rssStinking filthy habar-gidir hawiye Taking people hostage. Shows what animals the hawiye bastards are.
Tortured and locked in chains: Two journalists are released after 15-month kidnap in Somalia Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1231041/Tortured-locked-chains-Two-journalists-released-15-month-kidnap-Somalia.html#ixzz0XzbrtKGD
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