The three-year-old grandson of Norman Kember keeps asking when he will return from Iraq, the wife of the kidnapped peace activist has told al-Jazeera. In a new appeal on the Arab TV channel, Pat Kember said she was "very worried" about the 74-year-old Briton's health. Mr Kember, from Pinner, north London, was seized in Baghdad on 26 November, with two Canadians and an American. | Well over a month now. The kidnappers have no idea how to unload the hostages and save face. |
Mrs Kember's appearance on al-Jazeera was the latest appeal from the hostages' families. She previously appeared on the channel on 4 December, saying that her husband and his friends were allies of Iraq and had gone there to make it "a safer place". A series of radio and newspaper adverts were issued in Iraq over the Christmas period and the Muslim Association of Britain has also been working to secure their release. The Foreign Office said it had no new information about Mr Kember.