Iraq Hostages' Kin Appeal for Their Lives
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BAGHDAD, Iraq - Family members of an American and a Briton held hostage in Iraq appealed for their lives after militants vowed to kill one of them Tuesday, a day after beheaded a hostage identified as U.S. civil engineer Eugene Armstrong...
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The families of five Britons kidnapped in Iraq in May appealed Thursday to their captors for their release, as Foreign Secretary David Miliband said he was &quot;deeply concerned&quot; for them.
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BAGHDAD, Iraq - Relatives pleaded Monday for the release of two Americans and a Briton held hostage as a deadline loomed for their beheading. In Baghdad, gunmen assassinated two clerics from a powerful Sunni Muslim group opposed to the U.S...
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THE elderly mother and the wife of the British hostage in Iraq begged for his life yesterday in emotional and distressing appeals days after his captors beheaded two Americans.
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The British and Iraqi governments said they would not bow to the demands of militants threatening to kill a British hostage, despite tearful pleas from the captive and his family.
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The family of a British engineer kidnapped in Baghdad issued a plea for his release yesterday, saying they were &quot;devastated&quot; that he had been taken.
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The family of a Japanese man being held  hostage in Iraq begged for his life on Friday after the expiry  of a deadline set by his captors, who have threatened to behead  him unless Japan withdrew its troops.
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Top officials from aid agency CARE appealed for the release of their kidnapped British-Iraqi executive Margaret Hassan, one day after she made a desperate plea to the British government to save her life by ...
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FOUR Iraqi religious leaders, including two imams, appealed today for the release of four aid workers - two Italians and two Iraqis - who were taken hostage in Baghdad overnight.
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An 11-year-old Iraqi girl who lost a leg and 17 members of her family during last year's war has urged kidnappers to release a British hostage they have been holding for nine days under threat of death.
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The wife of the U.S. hostage  threatened with execution in Iraq made another impassioned  appeal on Tuesday for her husband's life and urged his captors  to open up the lines of communication.
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The elderly mother of Kenneth Bigley, a British engineer held hostage in Iraq by Islamic militants threatening to kill him, has made a desperate plea for her son&#39;s release as hopes for his safety fade.
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The wife of an American hostage in Iraq has pleaded for his captors to open talks after Islamic militants demanding the release of female prisoners in Iraq beheaded another American captive.
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Iraqis have distributed 50,000 pamphlets pleading for the life of British hostage Kenneth Bigley, whose two US colleagues have been beheaded by his captors, a British source said.
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The family of hostage Kenneth Bigley are appealing for his release in Iraq as the threat of execution hangs over him. Mr Bigley and two Americans were seized in Baghdad on Thursday and threatened with death unless their abductors&#39; demands were met.
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A video posted on an Islamist website purportedly shows a British hostage in Iraq pleading for his life. Militants have threatened to kill Kenneth Bigley unless the US and UK release all Iraqi women held in the country&#39;s prisons.
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The family of Ken Bigley, the Briton kidnapped in Iraq, have released a statement through the Foreign and Commonwealth Office appealing for his safe release.