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| CARE Official Kidnapped in Baghdad |
| 2004-10-19 |
| The director of CARE International's operations in Iraq was kidnapped early Tuesday in Baghdad, the organization said. Margaret Hassan, said to be an Iraqi national, was abducted in the capital at 7:30 a.m., CARE International, United Kingdom said in a statement released in London and read to The Associated Press in Baghdad. "As of now we are unaware of the motives for the abduction," the statement said. "As far as we know, Margaret is unharmed. The statement said Hassan had been "providing humanitarian relief to the people of Iraq" for more than 25 years. "Needless to say, we are doing whatever we can to secure her release," the statement added. "But equally, it would be unhelpful for us to comment further at this time. Our overwhelming concern must be for Margaret's safety." |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #8 And she will put on such a show, I have no doubt. |
| Posted by: .com 2004-10-19 11:51:48 AM |
| #7 Two international non-governmental agencies -- CARE-United Kingdom, and Doctors without Borders-France -- had no problem working in Iraq during the Saddam Hussein regime. Their contracts, thanks to EU funding, were quite good. For those who wonder, the CARE of today is just a mercenary offshoot of the Cooperative for American Relief Everywhere which achieved fame after WWII. |
| Posted by: Tancred 2004-10-19 11:51:47 AM |
| #6 I'm sure she'll be released, after a hefty ransom is paid, and denouncing US occupation within 2 weeks. I've seen this movie before. |
| Posted by: Destro 2004-10-19 11:44:12 AM |
| #5 I was thinking that too dot. That Italian job looks like it worked out well for everybody |
| Posted by: tu3031 2004-10-19 11:26:54 AM |
| #4 Howard you are spot on. Al Jiz is up to it's necks in this stuff. I think a car bomb at their headquaters my be a just desert. |
| Posted by: Sock Puppet of Doom 2004-10-19 11:25:51 AM |
| #3 Motive: Ca$h. |
| Posted by: .com 2004-10-19 11:24:09 AM |
| #2 "As of now we are unaware of the motives for the abduction," Motive? Since when do they need a motive? Are the professionally compassionate really that naive? |
| Posted by: tu3031 2004-10-19 11:18:17 AM |
| #1 Within barely 2 hours of this breaking Al-Jizz reportedly have a vid of her - begs the question how close these 'journalists' are to the scum. Good luck to her - everything crossed. Send the buck-toothed envoys from the Muslim Council of GB out there to appear credible whilst yielding no result. |
| Posted by: Howard UK 2004-10-19 9:36:55 AM |