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Thursday, July 05 2007 @ 05:22 AM CDT

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Hiyam Noir

Alan Johnston Freed By Hamas Executive Forces & Al Qassam Brigades

Alan Johnston is free today,Wednesday the 4th of July, Johnston has by the strenuous efforts exerted to secure his release this morning 03.22 am, in Gaza City, been detained by the group "Army of Islam" for 113 days. He has twice appeared on video tape and has been heard in recordings issued by the group.

Alan Johnston was brought to Ismail Haniye's residence to take a shower and change clothes and after a press conference in the PM Ismail Hanieyes councils office, and early breakfast, Alan Johnston shaked hands with officials of the Hamas Movement, including representatives of Hamas Executive Forces and the Al Qassams Brigade, Johnston called his journalist colleagues and left Gaza Strip to Jerusalem as a free man.


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Hamas Executive Forces and QB (Al-Qassam Brigades) besieged early this morning the location in Gaza Strip, where BBC reporter Alan Johnston has been held since he was abducted Mars 12.Alan Johnston was abducted in Gaza Strip by the group "Army of Islam".


The Hamas Movement issued an ultimatum to those that held Alan Johnston, a BBC reporter stationed on the Gaza Strip for over three years.<!--[endif]-->

The popular leader of Hamas and elected Palestinian PM, Ismail Haniyeh, said in in a press conference in Gaza City on Sunday, that the journalist Alan Johnston's captivity could not continue."We will not allow the continuation of the abduction of the British journalist.The issue of Alan Johnston must end " - Ismail Haniyeh said in a speech in Gaza on Sunday evening.


On Tuesday evening the ministry of interior in the Palestinian government revealed that negotiations for the release of the abducted BBC reporter, Alan Johnston had failed.The Hamas Executive Force claimed they arrested several individuals involved in the kidnapping of Johnston, in a statement saying "The arrests were made after the failure of all our attempts to release Johnston - the arrests we made where only of those involved in the abduction.


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A Hamas senior official, Mahoud al Zahar said one week ago that if the group that abducted Johnston reject to free him - "Hamas is threatening to free Johnston by force, if Johnston is not released by Monday this coming week".

Al Zahar said that if Alan Johnston is not released smoothly, Hamas would use all means to secure him and to free him." we hope this problem can be solved without using force". On Sunday,another Hamas official said that Johnston, would be freed within hours.

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Abu Osameh al-Mo'ti, a Hamas representative in Teheran, said earlier this week,that the group was in negotiations with those holding Johnston. but al Mo'ti did not specify how he knew the British journalist would be freed. He was also quoted of saying, that Hamas Movement know [by now] where Alan Johnston was held and that he was in good health."We are aware of the reports, but have not received any firm confirmation of Alan's situation.We continue to work with everyone involved to try to effect Alan's safe release."


On Monday the 25th of June, the kidnappers of BBC correspondent Alan Johnston released a new video of Johnston in which Johnston was wearing what appeared to be an explosives' vest..This was the second such video released since Johnston was abducted in Gaza on 12 March.."

In that video tape, posted on a website, Alan Johnston. said "The situation now is very serious. As you can see I have been dressed in what is an explosive belt, which the kidnappers say will be detonated if there was any attempt to storm this area," he says, as cited by the BBC.He appealed for a peaceful resolution to his situation, saying talks had reached an advanced stage..

©Hiyam Noir

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