[ppi] [ppiindia] Where's the outrage?

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BIGLEY CAGED AND CHAINED 
 
British hostage Ken Bigley has appeared caged, chained and pleading for his 
life in new video footage.


In the harrowing recording, shown on the Arab TV channel al Jazeera, Mr Bigley 
renews his appeal for Tony Blair to meet the kidnappers' demands and save his 
life.        

He then breaks down in tears as he accuses Mr Blair of ignoring his plight.     
   

"He doesn't care about me. I'm just one..." he says before holding his head in 
his hands and sobbing.        

He said his captors did not want to kill him.       

The family have thanked the captors for allowing them the opportunity to see 
him alive and again pleaded with them to show him mercy.      

In a statement, the family said: "We, as a family, feel that the ultimate 
decision to release him rests with you, the people who are holding him.     

"We once again ask you, please show mercy to my father and release him."     

Brother Paul said he was relieved that Mr Bigley was alive - but was distressed 
by the images.        

"Ken is alive, that is a good thing," he said.        

"It does not look good with him caged like a hound but he is alive."            
    

He went on to say a message he had received on Tuesday night, claiming that Mr 
Bigley would be released, "was 100% genuine".        

The report said the Tawhid and Jihad group, headed by Jordanian terrorist Abu 
Musab al Zarqawi, would release him.         

Foreign Secretary Jack Straw said he was "concerned" about the conditions Mr 
Bigley was being kept in, which appeared to be a gross parody of the cages used 
to hold the prisoners at Guantanamo Bay. 
 

 
  
 Mr Bigley is chained and caged
 
  
        

But he added that it was also a "great relief" to the Bigley family that the 
engineer was alive.         

The chairman of the Liverpool Mosque and Islamic Institute, Mohammad Akbar Ali, 
said he was delighted at the news.               

He said: "This would seem to offer some further hope that he will be released 
alive.               

"Let's hope that it is true. We look forward to his release with great 
delight."               

Mr Bigley was kidnapped in Baghdad on September 16 with two Americans, Eugene 
Armstrong and Jack Hensley, both of whom were murdered.

But the website message claimed the terrorists were going to free the 
62-year-old in order to "humiliate" the British Government.                     
       

However, analysts urged caution over the report, pointing out that other claims 
made on Islamic websites had turned out to be completely false.                 
            

One report said two Italian aid workers had been "slaughtered" - but it emeged 
last night that they had been freed.                             

There has been no firm news of his fate since his abductors, led by Abu Musab 
al Zarqawi, released a distressing video of him pleading for Prime Minister 
Tony Blair to save his life last week. 





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