- Fadi Ihsan Fadel
Fadi Ihsan Fadel (born 1971) is a Canadian
humanitarian worker who was takenhostage inIraq . He was taken hostage onApril 7 ,2004 and releasedApril 16 ,2004 . He was working forNew York -basedInternational Rescue Committee , a non-government organization. The key issue to his release was the emphasis to his captors that he was Canadian, notIsraeli .Fadel believes that his captors specifically targeted him as they called him by his name.
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2003 invasion of Iraq External links
* [http://www.cbc.ca/stories/2004/04/16/canada/fadel_freed040416 CBC News: Canadian hostage freed in Iraq, phones Mom]
* [http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/1082374007243_16/?hub=TopStories CTV.ca News: Fadi Fadel says he was specifically targeted]
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