One of the world’s largest humanitarian organization, CARE International, has suspended its operations in Iraq following the kidnapping of Margaret Hassan, its head of Iraq operations. The 60-year-old Hassan is one of Iraq’s best known humanitarian workers. Born in Ireland, she has spent the last 30 years in Iraq including the past decade with CARE. She is an Iraqi citizen and is married to an Iraqi. She was a vocal critic of the U.S. sanctions and last year’s U.S. invasion. Yesterday she was kidnapped by masked gunmen. Later in the day Al Jazeera aired a silent video that showed her in captivity — sitting on the corner of a sofa, appearing alarmed. As an organization CARE has said little about the abduction. A spokesperson told the Washington Post, “We’re not saying anything further because we don’t know who she was abducted by, or why, so we don’t know what might be harmful to her.” Yesterday British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw called for the release of Hassan.