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| Kidnapped Woman Urges U.K. to Leave Iraq |
| 2004-10-28 |
| A kidnapped British aid worker made another plea for her life in a video aired Wednesday, urging Britain to withdraw troops from the country as some 800 British soldiers headed north toward Baghdad to bolster U.S. forces. The tape broadcast on Al-Jazeera television showed a distraught Margaret Hassan, the 59-year-old head of CARE International in Iraq, blinking back tears as she spoke. "Please don't bring the soldiers to Baghdad. Take them away. Please, on top of that, please release the women prisoners," she said. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #7 Kalle is right. I stand corrected. |
| Posted by: Mark Z. 2004-10-29 6:51:47 AM |
| #6 Those were two Italian ladies, not French. The only French person closely involved in recent Iraq events is the jihadist killed in Fallujah (applause!). Oh, and the two journalists who may have been transferred to Syria... |
| Posted by: Kalle (kafir forever) 2004-10-28 7:41:54 PM |
| #5 There might only be one way to know if Mrs. Hassan's situation is on the up-n-up: If she comes out of this "kidnapping" alive and unharmed, then we'll have good reason to believe it was a put on from the get go. And once she starts harping to the MSM about the "evil coalition" occupying Iraq, then all doubt will be removed just as it was when the two French chickies were "released" several months back. |
| Posted by: Mark Z. 2004-10-28 6:09:38 PM |
| #4 I've not watched the videos Mike, so I can't comment on them. I will comment however, that someone who left Britain 30 years ago (and to the best of my knowledge has not been back here since), who became a Muslim and lived the life of an Iraqi all this time, has very little call on this nation any more. Sorry, but if you're a Western civilian in Iraq at this time, you *must* realise that it's a war zone and that you may be captured and killed simply because you're a Westerner. |
| Posted by: Tony (UK) 2004-10-28 5:46:36 PM |
| #3 ...Guys, I saw pics of her this morning on Fox - I do not know for sure if they are from the latest tape to not, but if they are...she is clean, well fed and well dressed. There are no bad guys in the background. There are no flags, banners, or posters visible. There does not appaear to have been a deadline mentioned in either video. I cannot and will not flat out accuse anyone of faking this - yet. But there is a lot about these two videos that does not ring true. Mike |
| Posted by: Mike Kozlowski 2004-10-28 2:19:42 PM |
| #2 She's been working and traveling freely in Iraq since at least 1991. And campaigning in the West against sanctions (because they hurt the kids) and liberation (because it would be a humanitarian disaster). I'd like to know what her relationship was to the Baathist regime. Same for her Iraqi husband. |
| Posted by: Kalle (kafir forever) 2004-10-28 12:55:55 PM |
| #1 Somebody suggested this is all show: She was anti-invasion before GWII (GWI rebooted), and a rabid-anti american. No shots of Muhajadeen masked and holding long, sharp, and pointy knives. Heck, wasn't it the Getty kid who had his ear sawn off so that the family knew the kidnappers were serious? |
| Posted by: Ptah 2004-10-28 10:18:49 AM |