Kidnapping of Aid Worker Stirs Debate
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The kidnapping of British aid worker Margaret Hassan has generated a debate on Islamist Web sites, with many contributors urging the kidnappers to spare her life.
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A British charity worker is reportedly kidnapped in Iraq.
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Iraqis reacted with anger and disbelief on Wednesday to news that British-Iraqi aid worker Margaret Hassan, who worked in Iraq for decades before being kidnapped a month ago, had been killed by her captors.
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A human rights group has accused government forces of aiding a militia in the kidnapping of children.
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British, American and Iraqi authorities were trying last night to secure the freedom of Margaret Hassan, the Irish-born aid worker kidnapped in Baghdad early yesterday.
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Negotiations over three kidnapped UN workers in Afghanistan have hit a snag over ransom demands, officials said Tuesday, as Taliban-linked militants said they were debating whether to &quot;get rid&quot; of the hostages.
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Kidnappers have demanded $100,000 for the release of two U.S. missionaries seized on their way to church in Haiti's capital, a U.N. official said Thursday. The captors initially sought $500,000 but lowered the ransom demand during negotiations with the FBI, said Leslie Dallemand, chief of the U.N. peacekeeping mission's anti-kidnapping unit.
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The girlfriend of an aid worker feared to have been executed by Iraqi militants who claimed he killed one of their men as he broke through a roadblock today said she was âdisturbedâ by mixed reports of his fate.
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SYDNEY : Aid worker Margaret Hassan&#39;s apparent murder by her kidnappers in Iraq caused shock and dismay amongst Australians and employees of the charity she worked for, CARE Australia.
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The husband of CARE International&#39;s country director for Iraq on Thursday said he was having a hard time understanding why she was abducted two days ago.
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Margaret Hassan, who works for charity Care International, was taken hostage while on her way to work in Baghdad. Here are the main events since her kidnapping.
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The safe release of two Italian aid workers held hostage in Iraq led to questions Wednesday over whether a ransom was paid, highlighting the dilemma of many governments if the price of saving lives means caving in to terrorists.
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BAGHDAD - Iraqi colleagues of kidnapped aid worker Margaret Hassan say they are deeply worried that Tony Blair&#39;s repeated pledge to &#39;save&#39; her is, in fact, putting her life in increased danger.
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One of the two freed Italian aid workers said Wednesday that their abductors in Iraq taught them about Islam and reassured them they wouldn't die. While the women rested with their families after a joyous reunion, questions were raised whether a &#36;1 million ransom had been paid to secure their freedom.
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The family of Margaret Hassan, a high profile aid worker abducted in Iraq last month, says they believe &quot;that Margaret is probably gone.
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A director of an international charity in Iraq has been kidnapped as she was being driven to work in Baghdad. Margaret Hassan, a British-born Iraqi national, was abducted in the capital, CARE International UK said in London.
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She&#39;s lived in Iraq for three decades and has been a passionate advocate for its people, arguing against the US-led invasion, but humanitarian worker Margaret Hassan finds herself a