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Margaret Hassan, head of CARE International in Baghdad, taken hostage on October 19, 2004. Video makes it probable that she is now dead.
Tributes to Iraq’s Mother Teresa
Heartbreak over Margaret Hassan’s fate

November 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

ABC – PM, Australia – Margaret Hassan’s husband appeals to Blair to not even mention his wife’s name – October 22, 2004

Tom Teepen, Palm Beach Post, October 22, 2004
Star hostage in an unholy mess

Aljazeera.com – October 22, 2004
Margaret Hassan pleading for life, asking Prime Minister Tony Blair to withdraw British forces from Iraq “and not bring them to Baghdad” because “this might be my last hour.”

Scotland Today, October 23, 2004
Warning from kidnappers not to send Black Watch troops to Baghdad

BBC 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 video

Felicity Arbuthnot, BBC October 22, 2004
Margaret Hassan: A personal tale – a friend’s very moving account of “Madam Margaret”, her background and commitment to the Iraqi people

Sebastian Usher, BBC October 21, 2004
About a former Iraqi student who knew her when she was director of the British Council in the 1980s.

BBC – Iraq hostages: facts and figures
Let’s not forget all the other cases before Margaret Hassan

Hindustan Times – FOX News October 23, 2004
Iraq’s Prime Minister Ayad Allawi will not meet kidnappers demand

The Malaysia Star, October 25, 2004
150 Iraqis demand the release of Margaret Hassan

The Independent, October 26, 2004
Hundreds demonstrate for release of “Mama Margaret” Hassan

Gail Walker, The Belfast telegraph, October 26, 2004
Is the life of Margaret Hassan not of equal value?

CNN, 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

Peace & future researcher + ‌Art Photographer

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