April 11, 2006
Wife of American Hostage Jeffrey Ake Speaks Out
The wife of American hostage Jeffrey Ake has spoken out for the first time since her husband was taken hostage in Iraq a year ago today. Jeffrey Ake is one of two Americans still being held hostage in Iraq.
Dean Sadek, also held hostage, was kidnapped in November 2004.
We applaud Liliana Ake for breaking her silence. It is difficult to go against the advice of the U.S. State Department and private 'experts' working for insurance companies who have little knowledge about how the hostage situation in Iraq is different than in other areas of the world.
Many of Jeffrey Ake's friends and family have dropped comments or e-mails to me thanking The Jawa Report for keeping Jeffrey's memory alive. Now that Liliana has given us the green light, let us never let a day pass without mentioning Jeffrey Ake publicly.
As former hostage Terry Anderson once said, "The tragic thing is that the torment is as much from the outside by countries and people indifferent to their fate as on the inside by their captors."
We demand the immediate and unconditional release of Jeffrey Ake and Dean Sadek. No politcal cause can ever justify the taking of civilians hostage. It is a form of barbarity with no excuse.
We can only hope that the media, Muslims, and Leftist organizations will begin to pay attention to the plight of hostages who may not be one of their political allies.
For more, visit the Jeffrey Ake hostage archive here. Visit our extensive hostage archives here. And please, keep Jeff and his family in your prayers.
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Posted by: Jaybreak at April 11, 2006 09:19 PM (5SH/0)
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How sobering it is to go through that hostage archive.
Posted by: Vinnie at April 11, 2006 09:33 PM (/qy9A)
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I think the reason Jill Carroll got so much attention was frankly because she is a journalist, and that made the media sit up and take notice. I've found that the international media -- particularly the British press -- paid far more attention to the CPT hostages than did the U.S. press. In fact, after the first few dramatic hostage takings, starting with Nick Berg and Danny Pearl, then ultimately really fizzling out with Keith Maupin, I have found the media pretty much asleep on this story. And I really haven't seen too much excitement, even about the "peace protester" hostages, on the left.
I think the left mainly caught onto the Carroll story because of the negative reaction she got.
That said, this is an important story that all Americans should be following, and it's great that you keep up with it. I'm sure the families appreciate the effort.
Posted by: JoyReid at April 11, 2006 10:47 PM (o1EiK)
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media, muslims, and leftys,
yep, thats the problem right there.
Posted by: Rubin at April 12, 2006 04:11 AM (AYuS7)
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RELEASE JEFF AKE - How else can we make a difference? War or not - Iraq needs clean water and other bottled items. Releasing him would be what God wants.
Posted by: mary at June 08, 2006 02:52 PM (6yv4x)
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