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■) speak to the media in Liverpool, England, Wed. after a video was released on an Islamic Web site of British
Itages in Iraq. In the video, Kenneth Bigley made a direct plea to Prime Minister Tony Blair to save his life.
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ost vital areas of the capital.
J.S. and Iraqi troops battled with insurgents in
central city of Samarra, where U.S. forces had
lier claimed success against militants waging a
month insurgency, police said. At least one child
killed and five people wounded in the fighting,
lice said.
Ilhe confusion over the fate
female detainees began when
Justice Ministry official an-
lunced that Rihab Rashid Taha,
icientist who became known as
'rGemT for helping Iraq make
apons out of anthrax, would be
:ed in the coming days because
: was no longer a threat to na-
nal security.
JllieU.S. and Iraqi officials found
■mselves at odds over w'ho had
stody over Taha and another fe-
le scientist involved in Saddam
issein’s biological weapons pro-
jams, with Iraqi national security
■ IwserQassim Daoud saying they were in the hands
■ Iraqi security forces and that “Iraqi judges de-
Bed to release them because they didn’t have any
1 is nOtgelfKlence.”
3utaU.S. Embassy spokesman disagreed, saying
pair “are in our legal and physical custody.”
Prime Minister Ayad Allawi told The Associ-
Press that his government has begun review-
[gthe status of its detainees, including the two
pnale scientists.
But he said the review process had nothing to do
ith the hostage situation and had started weeks
pin Iraq.
“We have not been negotiating and we will not
Bgotiate with terrorists on the release of hostages,”
"said in a telephone interview from New York,
o release takes place unless I authorize it.”
The conflicting U.S. and Iraqi statements raised
lestions over who has authority in the country,
en after the hand over of sovereignty to Allawi’s
:erim government in June. U.S. officials have
en saying that they have been giving more deci-
n-making power to Iraqis, including over secu-
y matters.
The U.S. military says it has two Iraqi women in
stody, Taha and Huda Salih Mahdi Ammash, a
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ed out any immediate release. The two female
entists from Saddam’s regime “are in our legal
d physical custody. Legal status of these two and
ny others is under constant review,” the spokes-
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who may be eligible for release because they are
no longer needed for questioning and do not pose
a security threat, a multinational force official said
on condition of anonymity.
The Iraqi government has already assented to
all the names on the list, the official said. The list
has gone to coalition forces and the U.S. Embassy
for final approval.
“We want to make certain that there is no con
nection between the decision to release her with
al-Zarqawi’s demands,” a West
ern official also said on condition
of anonymity.
Al-Zarqawi’s Tawhid and Ji
had group announced Tuesday it
killed Hensley, saying their de
mands had not been met. Hens
ley would have marked his 49th
birthday Wednesday. On Monday,
the group released a video show
ing the beheading of Armstrong,
whose body was found in Bagh
dad the same day.
The group warned in a Web
statement that Bigley, 62, would
be the next to die unless all Iraqi
women are released from jail
— though it did not set a deadline as it has in
past statements.
In Wednesday’s video, Bigley said Blair was
the only man who could keep his kidnappers from
killing him.
“Mr. Blair, I am nothing to you. Here’s just
one person living in the United Kingdom, that’s
all, with a family like you, like your family, your
children, your boys, your wife,” the speaker said
in the grainy video.
“Please, you can help. I know you can,” he
said, addressing the British prime minister.
The speaker wore an orange jumpsuit, the kind
that kidnappers put on their hostages before kill
ing them and like those issued to prisoners held
by American forces at the U.S. military prison at
Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
Bigley sobbed in the middle of his message and
wiped his forehead. A banner of the Tawhid and Jihad
militant group hung on the wall behind him.
Earlier, Britain’s Foreign Secretary Jack Straw
appeared to hold out little hope for saving Bigley.
“We continue to do everything we can to se
cure Kenneth Bigley’s safe release, but it would
be idle to pretend that there’s a great deal of
hope,” Straw told reporters in New York.
Tawhid and Jihad — Arabic for “Monotheism and
Holy War” — has claimed responsibility for the slay
ing of at least seven hostages, including American
Nicholas Berg. The group has also said it is behind a
number of bombings and gun attacks.
Its spiritual leader, Sheik Abu Anas al-Shami,
35, was killed when a missile hit his car on Friday
in western Baghdad, according to al-Shami’s fa
ther. The U.S. military had no comment.
A host of militant groups have used kidnappings
and bombings to undermine Allawi’s interim govern
ment and force the United States and its allies out of
Iraq. The violence has already persuaded companies to
leave, hindered foreign investment, led firms to drop
out of aid projects, restricted activities to relatively safe
areas and forced major expenditures on security.
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