Ireland issues passport for British hostage

CHIMO

(1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Tue Oct-05-04 07:30 PM
Original message

Ireland issues passport for British hostage

DUBLIN - Ireland issued a passport on Tuesday to a British hostage being held in Iraq in hopes that his captors will release him.

Irish Foreign Minister Dermot Ahern said that Kenneth Bigley 's family had asked that an Irish passport be issued to help convince his kidnappers of his Irish citizenship.

"I am happy to agree to this request and I...very much hope that it will contribute to the efforts to secure his release," said Ahern.

http://www.cbc.ca/story/world/national/2004/10/05/bigley_ireland041005.html

Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top

Powered by DCForum+ Version 1.1 Copyright 1997-2002 DCScripts.com
Software has been extensively modified by the DU administrators

Important Notices: By participating on this discussion board, visitors agree to abide by the rules outlined on our Rules page. Messages posted on the Democratic Underground Discussion Forums are the opinions of the individuals who post them, and do not necessarily represent the opinions of Democratic Underground, LLC.