Originally Posted by PMdave

See? That's the difference. Apperently US media are saying there was a ransom paid while European media are saying that the us will never agree with a ransom.
I must ad that she told this yesterday to a french newspaper. So maybe she said it before the coalition member? don't know, don't care. But paying a ransom in cases like this is the most stupid thing possible:
a/ you financially support terrortistic networks
b/ you bring crazy ideas to earn some money in deperate peoples heads (especially when they have just lost their house, job, everything they owed because of a war)