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Jesse Jackson willing to negotiate for hostages
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| Contributor | Servo |
| Last Edited | Servo Apr 18, 2004 11:37pm |
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| Media | TV News - CNN |
| News Date | Sunday, April 18, 2004 06:00:00 AM UTC0:0 |
| Description | American civil rights leader the Rev. Jesse Jackson said Sunday that he has "had prayer" with the wife of Thomas Hamill, an American contractor abducted in Iraq, and promised his family he would try to win his freedom.
Jackson said he was also "reaching out" to the family of U.S. Army Pfc. Matt Maupin, a U.S. soldier who also was kidnapped in Iraq by insurgents, and had joined with Pope John Paul II in calling for the release of all hostages kidnapped in Iraq.
"If I knew who was holding them, I would appeal to them directly," Jackson said. "We've already begun to make some back-channel contacts to them."
He said he was willing to travel to Iraq to negotiate for the hostages, but only "if I know with whom to talk and know where to go."
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