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His first major media appearance was when he made an appeal in Arabic during a Hostage crisis in Iraq 19 September 2004. <ref>Press Association September 19, 2004, Sunday,</ref> | His first major media appearance was when he made an appeal in Arabic during a Hostage crisis in Iraq 19 September 2004. <ref>Press Association September 19, 2004, Sunday,</ref> | ||
| + | "As the hostage deadline neared, there were signs of a shift by the Foreign Office, which distanced itself from the US in an appeal on the al-Arabiya television station by an Arabic-speaking British diplomat, Dean McLoughlin. He emphasised to the hostage takers that the Americans were holding the women, not the British. He said: "The British forces in Iraq have no Iraqi female prisoners, not one." | ||
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| + | The statement was the first clear attempt by Britain to disown the actions of the US." | ||
| + | <ref> HOSTAGE CRISIS: KIDNAP THREATENS BLAIR ATTEMPT TO HEAL LABOUR RIFT OVER WAR, The Independent (London) September 22, 2004, pg4</ref> | ||
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Revision as of 15:22, 23 February 2008
Current head of Islamic Media Unit
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His first major media appearance was when he made an appeal in Arabic during a Hostage crisis in Iraq 19 September 2004. [1]
"As the hostage deadline neared, there were signs of a shift by the Foreign Office, which distanced itself from the US in an appeal on the al-Arabiya television station by an Arabic-speaking British diplomat, Dean McLoughlin. He emphasised to the hostage takers that the Americans were holding the women, not the British. He said: "The British forces in Iraq have no Iraqi female prisoners, not one."
The statement was the first clear attempt by Britain to disown the actions of the US." [2]
