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29/09/2004
New footage of UK hostage is released
Footage of the British hostage Ken Bigley has been broadcasted by the Qatar-based news agency Al Jazeera today.
During the short sequence, the 62-year-old engineer is sitting squat in a mesh cage. He appears drained and exhausted, wearing an orange boiler suit similar to the kind other hostages have been forced to wear by militant captors.
Mr Bigley tells his captors: "Tony Blair is a liar – he doesn’t care about me. I am just one person. My captors don’t want to kill me."
According to the Al Jazeera website, Mr Bigley also criticises the Prime Minister for not negotiating for his release, and issues another call for the release of women prisoners in Iraq's jails.
The Briton was seized almost two weeks ago, along with Eugene Armstrong and Jack Hensley, by the Tawhid and Jihad group which is led by Jordanian terrorist Abu Musab al Zarqawi. Mr Armstrong and Mr Hensley were beheaded last week.
The terror group has demanded the release of all women prisoners in Iraqi jails. However, the UK and US governments have ruled out any possibility of negotiating with the kidnappers.
Last week efforts to free Ken Bigley from his kidnap ordeal were stepped up with the distribution of 50,000 leaflets containing a personal appeal from his family.
Organised by the British Foreign Office, the leaflets have been handed out in the Mansour district of Baghdad – the area from where Mr Bigley and two US citizens were snatched.
The three men were the latest among more than 100 foreigners who have been abducted in Iraq over the past 17 months by insurgents.
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During the short sequence, the 62-year-old engineer is sitting squat in a mesh cage. He appears drained and exhausted, wearing an orange boiler suit similar to the kind other hostages have been forced to wear by militant captors.
Mr Bigley tells his captors: "Tony Blair is a liar – he doesn’t care about me. I am just one person. My captors don’t want to kill me."
According to the Al Jazeera website, Mr Bigley also criticises the Prime Minister for not negotiating for his release, and issues another call for the release of women prisoners in Iraq's jails.
The Briton was seized almost two weeks ago, along with Eugene Armstrong and Jack Hensley, by the Tawhid and Jihad group which is led by Jordanian terrorist Abu Musab al Zarqawi. Mr Armstrong and Mr Hensley were beheaded last week.
The terror group has demanded the release of all women prisoners in Iraqi jails. However, the UK and US governments have ruled out any possibility of negotiating with the kidnappers.
Last week efforts to free Ken Bigley from his kidnap ordeal were stepped up with the distribution of 50,000 leaflets containing a personal appeal from his family.
Organised by the British Foreign Office, the leaflets have been handed out in the Mansour district of Baghdad – the area from where Mr Bigley and two US citizens were snatched.
The three men were the latest among more than 100 foreigners who have been abducted in Iraq over the past 17 months by insurgents.
(gmcg/mb)
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The son of UK hostage Ken Bigley has made a direct appeal to the militant kidnappers to release his father, following on from Al Jazeera's broadcast yesterday of new footage which confirmed that Mr Bigley is still alive. The Qatar-based news agency broadcast a short sequence yesterday showing the 62-year-old engineer sitting squat in a mesh cage.
Son of UK hostage appeals again to kidnappers
The son of UK hostage Ken Bigley has made a direct appeal to the militant kidnappers to release his father, following on from Al Jazeera's broadcast yesterday of new footage which confirmed that Mr Bigley is still alive. The Qatar-based news agency broadcast a short sequence yesterday showing the 62-year-old engineer sitting squat in a mesh cage.
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A man has reportedly been questioned in Turkey in connection with the death of Briton Ken Bigley, who was killed in Iraq in 2004.
08 June 2006
Al-Qaeda Iraq chief Al-Zarqawi killed
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20 September 2004
Family of British hostage appeal for son's return
The family of Ken Bigley, the Liverpool man being held hostage in Iraq, have appealed for his safe release. In a statement sent to the Arab media Mr Bigley's younger brother Philip said that he spoke on behalf of their elderly mother who just wants to see her son return home "safe and sound".
Family of British hostage appeal for son's return
The family of Ken Bigley, the Liverpool man being held hostage in Iraq, have appealed for his safe release. In a statement sent to the Arab media Mr Bigley's younger brother Philip said that he spoke on behalf of their elderly mother who just wants to see her son return home "safe and sound".
29 June 2005
Bigley family appeals for release of body
The family of Ken Bigley, the British hostage murdered in Iraq last year, have appealed for his body to be released. The 62-year-old engineer from Liverpool was working in Baghdad, when he was taken hostage by Iraqi militant group Tawhid and Jihad on September 16, 2004.
Bigley family appeals for release of body
The family of Ken Bigley, the British hostage murdered in Iraq last year, have appealed for his body to be released. The 62-year-old engineer from Liverpool was working in Baghdad, when he was taken hostage by Iraqi militant group Tawhid and Jihad on September 16, 2004.
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