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Kidnappers Threaten to Kill Four Western Peace Activists In Iraq

HeadlineDec 05, 2005

In news from Iraq, it has now been 10 days since four peace activists with the Christian Peacemaker Team were kidnapped in Baghdad. Over the weekend relatives of each of the men urged their captives to release them. In addition more than 13,000 people including Noam Chomsky and Arundhati Roy signed an online petition urging their release. The petition read in part “They are people who have dedicated their lives to fighting against war and have clearly and publicly opposed the invasion and occupation of Iraq.” The petition is online at the website freethecpt.org. On Friday, Al Jazeera broadcast a video showing the four hostages, in which the kidnappers threatened to kill them by Thursday unless all prisoners in U.S. and Iraqi detention centers are released.

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