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Voices of freedom are kept prisoner in Baghdad

by Open-Publishing - Monday 14 February 2005
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Giuliana Sgrena is an Italian journalist, working for the daily newspaper Il Manifesto. She was kidnapped in Baghdad on the 4th of February, in front of the Al-Mustafah mosque, where she had interviewed a number of families forced by US bombing to fly from Fallujah. She is still a captive.

Florence Aubenas, French journalist of Liberation, disappeared more than one month ago in similar circumstances.

Giuliana has visited Iraq many times, documenting with great honesty the
dire sufferings of the population, caused first by the embargo, and later
by war and occupation. Over the years, her work has provided a valuable
channel to give a voice to the Iraqi people, to tell the stories that
others would not write about. Her newspaper, Il Manifesto, has always been
actively engaged against the war and occupation.

We do not know who has abducted them, or why. We firmly believe,
however, that this act will not help Iraq and the Iraqi people to regain
the sovereignty to which they are entitled, will not shorten the
occupation, will not improve the life of the people.

We do know that voices of freedom, such as that of Giuliana and
Florence, are direly needed.

As movements and associations active all over the world in the struggle
against the war and to put an end to the occupation, we demand their
immediate release.

Forum posts

  • Is there a possibility that these kidnappings were not truly done by Iraqis? Sounds like these individuals are all a threat to continued U.S. occupation. Arranging for them to be secretly held "for their safety" would be an excellent way of silencing the rare voice the real people of Iraq have.

    • Following the reprehensible wars against Afganistan and Iraq, emboldened by their alliance with the mass media, the US government wouldn’t think twice about kidnapping journalists who challenge their power. To put an Iraqi face on the crime, the US likely used Iraqi allies to commit the crimes.

      Moral degeneracy is a defining characteristic of empire - the US is and has been, perhaps since it’s inception, an empire.

      john visher

    • Yes, and their were at lest 12 shooters in Dallas.

    • dear john, the US doesn’t kidnap journalists. it kills them. remember bosnia, afghanistan, and again in iraq?

  • consistent with the injunction from Allah [Qu’ran, surah 4:24] and his Prophet [pbuh] these two misled young women are undoubtedly being subjected to repeated sexual assault, and , when the Jihadis tire of them, they will be killed and burn in hell. You stupid kaffirs just don,t get it do you? You think you can patronize us and use us as poster children for your stupid, defunct leftist causes. The worm has turned. WE, your "poster children" will soon have a knife at your throats, and we will send you stupid kaffir leftists, and rightists and all unbelievers straight to hell, minus your heads.

    • was that the quran you were citing or mein kampf? switch to decaf! oh, and, just for the record: the quran does not say all unbelievers will be sent straight to hell. you should read it sometime.

    • i read it daily, fool.

    • That was the worst imitation of a crazed arab since the sword twirler that Harrison Ford blew away in ’Raiders of the Lost Ark’ . Get a grip, Bushites. No doubt your pot-smoking leader got most of his reconnaissance from that movie.

    • say hello to nick berg and daniel pearl for me