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Cliche: "out of the frying pan and into the fire"
Definition: escaping from one bad situation only to find onself in a worse situation.
Example: This NY Times Article on how Germans deal with terrorists.
A terrorist leader named Ammari Saifi, also known as Abderrezak al-Para because he was trained as an Algerian Special Forces paratrooper, took 32 European tourists hostage near the Libyan border and transported some of them to northern Mali.To free the hostages, United States military officials say, Germany paid him a ransom of nearly $6 million - equivalent to a quarter of Niger's defense budget - making him instantly one of the most powerful Islamic militants in North Africa.
He is a leader of the Salafist Group for Preaching and Combat, or G.S.P.C., which was formed in 1998 and has many links with Al Qaeda.
Earlier this year, Mr. Saifi went on a shopping spree in northern Mali, gathering weapons, vehicles and recruits while American and Algerian intelligence monitored him with growing alarm. In February, Algerian forces intercepted a convoy carrying weapons north from Mali. Algerian officials say the cargo contained mortar launchers, rocket-propelled grenade launchers and surface-to-air missiles.
Via RantingProfs.
Posted by Thief at May 12, 2004 03:05 PM