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British aid worker abducted in Iraq
(Reuters)
Updated: 2004-10-21 08:05


A video grab shows Margaret Hassan, a British-born woman working as the head of Care International in Iraq who was kidnapped in Baghdad early October 19, 2004, the charity said. Kidnappers seized the British-Iraqi head of an international charity group in Baghdad on Tuesday and later she was shown sitting anxiously and alone in a video broadcast by an Arabic television station. Margaret Hassan, who has dual nationality and has lived in Iraq for about 30 years, was abducted at 7:30 a.m. (0430 GMT), said a spokeswoman for Care International in London. [Reuters]

A video grab shows the identity cards of Margaret Hassan, a British-born woman working as the head of Care International in Iraq who was kidnapped in Baghdad early October 19, 2004, the charity said. [Reuters]

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