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50th Night ...
Last night was the 50th night of Alan Johnston’s abduction.
Somewhere, as I sat down to a curry and laughter with Martin, Fhai and the kids tonight, he faces another night of uncertainty.
Rather ironically it was reported that the Palestinian Deputy PM Azzam al-Ahmad had said :
“It seems the abductors feel they are in real trouble,”
BBC NEWS | World | Middle East | Missing BBC man ‘alive’, MEPs say
Probably not as much trouble as Alan feels he is in.
I suppose the one consoling thing from the meeting between Mr Azzam and a 12-member delegation of MEPs is that Alan is at least alive.
As Stephen Farrell noted back on the 13th April :
At the outset one prominent Palestinian broker sighed: “This is going to be a long one.” He has, unfortunately, been proved right.
I know what my friend Alan will be thinking-Comment-Columnists-Guest contributors-TimesOnline
Support the BBC petition to free Alan here.
