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A new video footage aired by an Arab satellite channel showed the group holding the four Western peace activists in Iraq, including Norman Kember, British, giving the U.S. government the last chance to fulfill its demand of freeing all Iraqi prisoners or else it will kill the hostages.
Mr Kember, 74, of Pinner, north London, was kidnapped along with two Canadians and an American in Baghdad on 26 November.
Mr Kember was kidnapped along with two Canadians and an American on Nov. 26
The four appeared in the footage standing against a wall and speaking to the camera but their voices could not be heard.
Muslim peace groups, scholars, and activists from all over the world, including the Palestinian Islamist group, Hamas and Lebanon's Hezbollah, have appealed for the safe release of the four aid workers.
More than 200 foreigners have been kidnapped since the launch of March 2003 war on Iraq, in some incidents, captors were seeking ransom, in other cases they were trying to put pressure on hostages’ governments to withdraw their occupying troops from Iraq.
Many have been freed, but about 50 have been killed.
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