Body Found in Iraq Confirmed As Hostage's

wicket

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Wed Sep-22-04 09:48 AM
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Body Found in Iraq Confirmed As Hostage's

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The family of hostage Jack Hensley has received confirmation that the headless body handed over to U.S. officials in Iraq (news - web sites) is his, a family spokesman said Wednesday.

The family was told the news Wednesday, the day Hensley would have turned 49, Cobb County police spokesman Robert Quigley said outside Hensley's Marietta home.

The body was handed over to American authorities in Baghdad, the U.S. Embassy said.

In an interview earlier in the day on NBC's "Today," Hensley's brother, Ty Hensley, said Hensley's wife, Pati, was "extraordinarily devastated."

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readmylips

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Wed Sep-22-04 10:41 AM
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1. That's terribly sad...

Americans and others going to Iraq for a paying job, not only devastates the family emotionally, but devastates the family for a lifetime. Those people are hired as 'temporaries, consultants,' companies do not supply life insurance or medical health for the families. Whatever the cost for bringing the body home, the family pays. Families with children will be strapped financially for life.

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Wed Sep-22-04 12:38 PM
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2. In such a dangerous area, no life insurance supplied??

Edited on Wed Sep-22-04 12:39 PM by SodoffBush

What do we know about Hensley? The interview w/his brother outed that Hensley had had three jobs at the same time in Georgia before taking on his one year contract in Iraq. What were these three jobs and what was his job in Iraq? For whom did he work? Has that been established?

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wicket

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Wed Sep-22-04 10:25 PM
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3. I don't think there is much back story on him at this point

I feel terrible for his family :(

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