Effort to free the hostages in Iraq continue

In the context of political moves made intensively to release hostages in Iraq; Sheikh Mahdi al Suneidai said that the American raids recently held against Falluja city will not help solve the issue of the hostages in Iraq.

He said that "the whole world has been utilized for the sake of one Britain; while no body moves when thousands of lives in Falluja are murdered;" questioning "What do you think the answer of the Iraqis to that is?"

In an attempt to save the life of the British Hostage Kenneth Begley over whom news were contradictory, the British Islamic Council delegation arrived on Saturday in Baghdad to discuss means of liberating him with the help of the Iraqi religious leaderships.

In the course of the Egyptian efforts to release the Egyptian hostages, the Egyptian charge de affairs in Iraq met on Sunday with the secretary general of the Muslims Scholars commission Sheikh Hareth al Dari.