Features collected by TFF • From October 19, 2004 till today
"TFF's team were privileged to meet Margaret Hassan for hours during its fact-finding missions to Baghdad in both 2002 and 2003. Few - if any - we met were so knowledgeable, so committed to the welfare of the Iraqi people, so concerned about its fate should war come - and so generous with her time as Margaret was.We at TFF are deeply saddened to learn that she was taken hostage on her way to work on October 19, 2004.
The kidnappers are working against the interests of the Iraqi people. Under no circumstance must their activity be considered legitimate or otherwise acceptable, also not as an expression of resistance to the unjust war and occupation.
Powerless as we feel, we condemn such actions and hope that she will be released unharmed."
Jan Oberg, TFF director
CNN - November 17, 2004
Tributes to Iraq's Mother Teresa
Heartbreak over Margaret Hassan's fateNovember 3 - Breaking and alarming news
New video: Margaret's kidnappers threaten to hand her over to Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, she faints on the video that Aljazeera calls "too graphic".November 3 - Alarming news
New video: Margaret's kidnappers threaten to hand her over to Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, she faints on the video that Aljazeera calls "too graphic".Google News to world news about Hassan's fate
BBC - Profile of Margaret Hassan
BBC - Charity worker kidnapped in Iraq
CNN - Charity chief kidnapped in Iraq
CARE International's work in Iraq
Outpuring support by the Iraqi people - CARE international UK
Aljazeera.Net, October 20, 2004
International Herald Tribune, October 20, 2004
CNN - CARE suspends its operation in Iraq after kidnapping, October 20, 2004
GOOGLE News - Numerous very informative articles from all over the world, October 21, 2004
Tom Teepen, Palm Beach Post, October 22, 2004
Star hostage in an unholy messScotland Today, October 23, 2004
Warning from kidnappers not to send Black Watch troops to BaghdadBBC Timeline - many reports and videos from BBC's coverage - October 22, 2004
Find the harrowing video where she pleading for her life, right column, Video reports.
And BBC's Poul Wood's comment on the political message of the videoBBC - Iraq hostages: facts and figures
Let's not forget all the other cases before Margaret HassanThe Malaysia Star, October 25, 2004
150 Iraqis demand the release of Margaret HassanThe Independent, October 26, 2004
Hundreds demonstrate for release of "Mama Margaret" HassanCNN, October 27, 2004
Hassan pleads for her life in a new video
You can speak out in support of Margaret Hassan here
Voice your support for Margaret Hassan - CARE International UK
Send your personal view to Prime Minister Tony Blair
Send your personal view to Defence Secretary Geoff Hoon
Send your personal view to Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, Jack Straw
This is an example of what a TFF Associate wrote to Tony Blair:
Dear Tony Blair,
I send you this urgent plea to change the British politics and decide not to send British troops to Baghdad and thereby save Margaret Hassan's life.
Although I definitely do not agree with the actions of the abductors, I and many others would not consider it as a victory for terrorism but as a victory for democracy if you could and would have the courage to show the world and your people that you are able to correct a mistake.
This war and the ongoing occupation are the reasons for the utterly appalling acts like the murder of Mr. Bigley and the abduction of Ms. Hassan.
Please show them that you care for her life.Respectfully,
Annette Schiffmann
