Anis al-Tikriti, the British peace activist and Muslim leader has gone to Baghdad to try to open communications with insurgents who are holding four
people hostage.
The four people belong to Christian Peacemaker Teams. Two of them are Canadian and the others are from Britain and the US. The kidnapers will kill the
hostages if their demands are not met by December 8th.
www.upi.com
A British peace activist and Muslim leader arrived in Baghdad Saturday to try to win the release of four hostages from Britain, Canada and the United
States.
Anas Altikriti hopes to meet with Sunni Muslim leaders in an effort to open communications with the kidnappers, the BBC reports. Altikriti represents
the Muslim Association of Britain, Stop The War and Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament.
The hostages, Norman Kember of Britain, Tom Fox from the United States and Canadians James Loney and Harmeet Singh Sooden, are members of the
Christian Peacemaker Teams, an organization that has been active in Iraq since 2002.
The kidnappers, a group called Swords of Truth Brigades, claim they are actually spies.
In a video broadcast Friday, the kidnappers said the hostages would be killed unless all prisoners now being held in Iraq and in U.S. detention
centers are freed.
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The hostages are innocent people who were in Iraq to help its people. I really hope that Anis al-Tikriti can get through to the kidnappers and
convince them to let these people go.
The kidnapper’s demands will not be met. This is just another senseless waste of life.
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[edit on 3/12/2005 by Umbrax]
[edit on 7-12-2005 by asala]
I think he meant Anis Al-Tikriti.....Obviously living up too his username then....
