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    ABC News‏Verified account @ABC 26 Apr 2015

    In potential shift in US policy, officials to recommend hostages' families be free to pay ransom, sources tell @ABC:http://abcn.ws/1E8n03w 

    2:54 PM - 26 Apr 2015
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      1. Germ‏ @edseyger 26 Apr 2015
        Replying to @ABC

        @ABC What a great idea, now any American traveling abroad will be targeted! Or, if the hostage is a traitor we could swap more terrorists!

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      1. Ryan B. Leslie‏ @RyanBLeslie 26 Apr 2015
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        And the numbers of Americans captured to be used as hostages goes up! @ABC @meekwire

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      1. WallStreeter‏ @_TJLD 26 Apr 2015
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        @ABC @meekwire If this is so, then it's cruelty in its most ugliest form. Ponder it. Humbug.

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      2. Juliana L'Heureux‏ @julianawriter 26 Apr 2015
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        @ABC MT "free to pay ransom" dear grieving hostage families it's the terrorists who are killing your hostages pay ransom is waste of money

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      3. suckmuckduck‏ @Gtman992 26 Apr 2015
        Replying to @julianawriter

        @julianawriter @ABC So, basically, you just gave them a reason to continue.

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      4. Juliana L'Heureux‏ @julianawriter 26 Apr 2015
        Replying to @Gtman992

        @Gtman992 @ABC MT "gave them reason" well I'll report them.

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      1. CONSTANTINE MURDOCH‏ @IRISHBASTERD11 27 Apr 2015
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        @ABC The Liberal way !

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      1. Patricia Patterson‏ @alphajerseygirl 26 Apr 2015
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        @ABC not a good idea

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      1. beartrees‏ @Beartrees22 26 Apr 2015
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        @ABC @meekwire pay who? Hilary or Obama?

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      1. TJ 🐝‏ @LongHrnGrl4life 26 Apr 2015
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        @ABC Sympathy abound but ur loved 1 knew the risks. The family pd ransom n still no release but now u've funded terrorist cause #nowin

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      1. Matthew Ryan Dearing‏ @mattdearing 26 Apr 2015
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        @ABC not good. And all nato has to be solid that we do not negotiate with terrorists.

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      1. D'Ann Chavez‏ @duwopdorothy2_d 26 Apr 2015
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        @ABC United we stand against terrorists! Divided we fall! Remember it was their choice to go there. @abcnews

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      1. North_Of_Boston‏ @Charles_1944 26 Apr 2015
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        About time. Potential shift in policy, officials recommend hostages' families free to pay ransom, sources tell @ABC: http://abcn.ws/1E8n03w ”

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      1. Matt Onrac‏ @MattOnrac 26 Apr 2015
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        @ABC @meekwire WTF? Is our officials going to start giving hostage takers head too. Welcome to the end of America, fasten seatbelts :(

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      1. Cathy Faltermayer‏ @falt007 26 Apr 2015
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        @ABC @meekwire that's more than a shift, rethink your Tweet.

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      1. Ryan B. Leslie‏ @RyanBLeslie 26 Apr 2015
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        We have a government that is so weak and timid it makes us look vulnerable. @ABC @meekwire

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      1. Alexander Gallows‏ @SirHardHarry 26 Apr 2015
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        @ABC @meekwire That the #US #gov't would even CONSIDER prosecuting families from trying to save their loved ones is despicable & shameful

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