Centanni and Wiig Freed!
Jim Lynch August 27th, 2006 7:35 am
Cameraman Olaf Wiig, 36, and correspondent Steve Centanni, 60, were dropped off at Gaza City’s Beach Hotel by Palestinian security officials. A tearful Centanni briefly embraced a Palestinian journalist in the lobby, then rushed upstairs. Wiig walked into the lobby behind Centanni, briefly turned when someone pulled him by the arm and shouted “get off” before heading upstairs.
This follows on the heels of the just released tape showing the two in arab dress saying they had converted to Islam. To no ones surprise, the tape was coerced.
Centanni later told Fox News in a phone call from Gaza City that during his capture, he was held at times face down in a dark garage, tied up in painful positions, and that he and Wiig were forced at gunpoint to make statements, including that they had converted to Islam.
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BREAKING: RELEASED Centanni and Wiig HURRAY…
BREAKING: 5:30 a.m. est. Both Steve Centanni and Olaf Wigg, Fox News Journalists are RELEASED!!!!! They are now at the Beach Hotel in Gaza City. AWESOME, AWESOME NEWS…Thank GOD they are safe and free again.More information prior to their ……
Breaking News: FREE AT LAST! Centanni & Wiig Released! (VIDEO)…
All I can say is HALLELUJAH! Thank you God! Early word is that Fox News’ Steve Centanni and freelance cameraman, Olaf Wiig, have been freed from captivity, which occurred around 5:00 a.m EST. The Fox and Friends group were obviously overjoyed, as…
Halle-flippin’-LUJAH!…
FOX News correspondent Steve Centanni and cameraman Olaf Wiig have been released:
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip Two FOX News journalists were released by their kidnappers Sunday, nearly two weeks after they were taken hostage in the Gaza Strip….
Conversion at Gunpoint…
Do religious fanatics ever realize how they descecrate the religion they so fervently believe in?…
Centanni and Wiig – FREE…
Steve Centanni and Olaf Wiig are now free and in Israel. Their captivity was not rosy as it appeared in their first video. Details of their captivity and release are now out in the open. According to DEBKAfile, (hat tip…
FOX reporters freed, but humiliated via forced con…
Steve Centanni and Olaf Wiig were freed by their captors, who were most likely members of the Hamas and PLO.
If you ask me, the captors’ forcing the two to convert to Islam at gunpoint was very likely intentional – they likely knew that they worke….
As a Christian, I’m confused regarding the “conversion”. Were Centanni and/or Wiig Christians before the kidnapping? If so, did they not denounce Jesus and the Christian faith by “embracing” Islam? How can they say they only did it under duress but were not sincere? What if all of the Christian martyrs thus far denounced Jesus when their lives were at stake, and then later claimed they “really didn’t mean it” and were “under duress?”
Don’t get me wrong. Of course I am grateful they are free and arrived home safely-but this topic still concerns me…Rush touched on it and it’s serious business.