Toronto (Canadian) man being held Iraq

[ConcernedCanuk]

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Toronto man being held Iraq
POSTED AT 12:47 PM EDT
By ALLISON DUNFIELD

A Toronto man missing in Iraq for 12 days has been kidnapped and is being held in Iraq, Foreign Affairs said Tuesday.

Rifat Mohammed Rifat, 41, is an Iraqi-born Canadian citizen who disappeared on April 8 somewhere between Baghdad and the Abu Ghraib prison where he was doing some work.

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Foreign Affairs and embassy officials are looking into the matter on the ground in Iraq.

Mr. Rifat had been working in the country as a truck driver, although he had formerly been employed to do work for a communications company in Iraq.



Hope we get lucky with this guy too

(sigh)

[ConcernedCanuk]

1. Time for a bump - update also

> > on edit: Original Post article renamed "Another Canadian abducted in Iraq" was "UPDATED AT 5:04 PM EDT - Tuesday, Apr. 20, 2004"
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Canadian taken hostage in Iraq

Wednesday 21 April 2004, 1:03 Makka Time, 22:03 GMT

A senior foreign ministry official said 41-year-old Muhammad Rifat, who disappeared on 8 April somewhere between Baghdad and the nearby town of Abu Ghuraib, was alive and being held by an unknown group.

"The government of Canada is aware that he is being detained. We call on those who have detained him to release him immediately," said Dan McTeague, responsible for helping Canadians who run into trouble abroad.

Confirmation

McTeague said the kidnapping had been confirmed by officials in Iraq. Rifat had been carrying out contract repair work at a prison in Abu Ghuraib.