The Palestinian National Initiative calls for the immediate release of the Italian hostages

Ramallah:

The Palestinian National Initiative calls for the immediate release of the two Italian women kidnapped in Iraq, Simona Pari and Simona Torretta, who have been working for years as part of the organization “A Bridge to Baghdad” in support of Iraqi children.

The Palestinian forces ask the kidnappers to release the two Italian women who are part of a humanitarian organization that is well-known for its positions against the embargo and against the war on Iraq.

Palestinian Patriotic and Islamic Forces also called for the release of Ra’ad Ali Abdul-Aziz and Mahnaz Bassam, Iraqi aidworkers active Italian NGOs and who were also kidnapped.

The same forces also stressed that the Italian women being held never abandoned Iraq, not even during the war, never interrupting their work aimed at helping Iraqi children under the bombings, and risking their own lives especially in Falluja.

The Palestinian forces also called for the release of the two French hostages, stressing once again that the release of both the French and the Italian hostages would be in the interest of the Iraqi People, of their brothers and sisters.

7 September 2004.