Visitors to Islamist Web sites debated the kidnapping of Margaret Hassan this weekend, even as hundreds of Iraqis demonstrated
for her release, including Iraqis in wheelchairs and school children wearing hearing aids that she helped provide.
Today in Iraq, commanders of five rebels groups in Falluja told interviewers they were not holding Hassan and did not think members of Al Zarqawi network had kidnapped her, according to KeralaNext.com.
The Gulf Daily News also reported that "hardline clerics" who control Fallujah said yesterday they were not responsible for kidnapping humanitarian worker Margaret Hassan and appealed for her release.
"The Shura Council of Fallujah Mujahideen calls upon the brothers who have kidnapped the British hostage to release her if they had no[t] enough evidence that she deals with the occupation," the group said in a statement.
Emphasis and "[t]" added by Surfette. Related links:
A prayer for women in Iraq
Margaret is not the enemy
Why kidnap Mrs. Margaret Hassan?
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