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Peter Lems
American Friends Service Committee
Philadelphia
We at Amigos Para la Paz in San Jose, Costa Rica, have just been informed that Khalid Jarrar, a twenty-three year old engineering student and peace activist working in conjunction with Friends, has been abducted from his university in Baghdad. His abduction occurred within the last fourty-eight hours and he was taken to Mokhabarat prison in Iraq. Although we have no further details, and the charges against him have not been stated, his father received a call from Khalid during the last twenty-four hours saying only, “I am alive.”
Khalid Jarrar has dedicated his life to helping Iraqi citizens who are victims of the war to receive medication. He has worked with Mèdicins Sans Frontiere, Friends and Iraqi doctors. Khalid describes himself stating, I am pro God, I am pro life, I am pro humanity, I am pro truth, We know him as a kind and gentle soul, and a devout religious Sunni who believes God sends him many brothers and sisters from various religions to work toward peace.
The urgency of Khalid´s situation prevents us from further elaborating the positive and powerful influence he has had on the human rights crisis in Iraq. We are calling on you to activate your local, national, and international networks to inform the press and government officials both of his abduction and undoubted innocence. Join us in working toward a peaceful resolution to Kahlid`s abduction. Free Khalid! Please let us know if you receive any information and please contact Friends in Amman and get back to us.
Sincerely,
Isabel Macdonald, Coordinator, Amigos Para la Paz
Christiane S Harrison, Volunteer
Khalid Jarrar was also a blogger that wrote about the things that were happening in Iraq. He is Christiane Harrison's nephew. CSH would post articles from his Blog in sqlspace.com. Currently, Khalid Jarrar has gone missing. His brother reports that he was detained by the Mukhabarat, a secret service agency run in Iraq by the CIA.
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