Two Canadians being held hostage in different parts of Africa have reportedly been freed, apparently ending the women's ordeals in Sudan's war-ravaged Darfur region and in Nigeria, officials said Wednesday.
Canadian aid worker Stephanie Jodoin and her colleague, French national Claire Dubois, were in good health after being released following more than three weeks in captivity, a senior official in Sudan's foreign ministry told Agence France-Presse.
"The Sudanese government confirms their release. They are in good health, in good shape," Ali Yussef said, according to the news service. "They will arrive in the evening [in Khartoum]."
Ms. Jodoin was seized on April 4 from her office in Ed el-Fursan, south of Nyala, about 100 kilometres from the Chadian border.
Meanwhile, a Canadian woman kidnapped two weeks ago in northern Nigeria was released late on Wednesday, the Canadian government said.
Imagine the scene: the crew of an unarmed merchant ship looks on in horror as their vessel is approached and boarded by a gang of pirates, guns blazing. The pirates herd their human cargo into smaller boats and head for shore, where the crew members will languish in slavery while they await rescue or ransom or death.
This was a common scene 300 years ago, when the Barbary Pirates ruled the seas, and it is a scene that has changed little in the past three centuries. Where ships once dreaded passing through the Straits of Gibraltar from the Atlantic Ocean to the Mediterranean Sea, modern mariners now face a similar situation in the Gulf of Aden and the Indian Ocean, vital waterways for vessels traveling between Asia and Europe and North America.
In the late 1600s, Moroccan King Moulay Ismail oversaw a reign of terror that included the abduction of more than 25,000 Europeans, mostly unarmed merchant seamen, who were then used as slaves to build his new capital city, Meknes. Today's pirates are not necessarily state-sponsored, as were the Barbary Pirates, but are rapidly approaching that status as they funnel money from ransom payments into armed insurgencies in weak states like Somalia.
In this book, we present hostage accounts from the late 17th century, including the story of an arduous escape from Moulay Ismail's brutal captivity. We also see the encouraging letter American preacher Cotton Mather wrote to a group of captured New England seamen, and the joyful sermon he preached to celebrate their release five years later. Although the hostage narratives describe the horror and desperation of this terrible condition, they also speak of the strong faith that enabled the captives to survive their ordeal. It is this hope and faith that we wish to emphasize, particularly the power of prayer to sustain the hostages and to bring them their eventual deliverance.
CNN) -- The captain of an Italian cruise ship foiled an attack by pirates off the coast of Somalia on Saturday by ordering his security crew to fire back, Italy's ANSA news agency reported.
Six armed pirates in a speedboat attacked the ship, which had about 1,500 people onboard, ANSA said. They fled after the security crew fired back.
The cruise ship Melody, which is owned by an Italian company, was on its way back to Italy after a cruise, ANSA said.
No one was injured in the attack about 180 miles north of the Seychelles.
Presidential spokesman Seydou Cissouma said two Canadian U.N. workers, Robert Fowler and his aide Louis Guay, were set free along with two female tourists.
Al Qaeda's North Africa branch had claimed the kidnapping, saying it was holding Fowler, a senior U.N. peace envoy, and the others after taking them captive in neighboring Niger.
The U.N. staffers were captured in December, while the two women were members of a group of four tourists seized a month later. Cissouma had no further details and there was no word on the fate of the two other missing tourists.
A Canadian government spokeswoman had no immediate comment.
The Al Qaeda group did not issue demands for the hostages' release, but in the past it has obtained ransoms for Western tourists kidnapped in the Sahara, the world's largest desert.
AlQaeda in Islamic North Africa, known by the French language acronym AQMI, is an Algeria-based group that joined Usama bin Laden's terrorist network in 2006 and conducts dozens of bombings or ambushes each month. It operates mainly in Algeria but is suspected of crossing the country's porous desert borders to spread violence in the rest of northwestern Africa.
(CNN) -- One of two aid workers still held by militants in the Philippines has been freed, the International Committee of the Red Cross said Saturday.
ICRC officials spoke briefly by telephone to Andreas Notter and confirmed he is free, an ICRC spokeswoman in Geneva, Switzerland, said, but no other details were immediately available.
A doctor was with Notter as a precaution, Nelson said. He remained in the Philippines but his exact location was unclear, she said.
"Considering what he's been through over the past 93 days, he seems to be doing quite well but is obviously very concerned for (fellow hostage) Eugenio Vagni, whom he spent the past 93 days with," Nelson said.
The Philippine News Agency said Notter's captors released him Saturday morning.
The agency cited a military spokesman, Lt. Col. Edgard Arevalo, who himself cited "sketchy reports" that Notter was found by security forces cordoning off his kidnappers.
Notter was among three Red Cross workers kidnapped January 15 on the island of Sulu, in the far southwestern part of the Philippines, the ICRC has said.
The kidnappers released one of the hostages, Mary Jean Lacaba, earlier this month. The third staff member, Eugenio Vagni, remains in captivity.
NAIROBI, Kenya (CNN) -- Somali pirates have released a Togo-flagged vessel that was seized last week, the World Food Programme said Monday.
Pirates on four skiffs seized the 5,000-ton MV Sea Horse on Tuesday.
"We hear from the operators of the ship that it was released on Friday," said Peter Smerdon, spokesman for the World Food Program in Nairobi.
The ship was not under U.N. charter at the time of the hijacking. But it was on its way to Mumbai, India, to inaugurate a new route for the organization to deliver food from India to Mogadishu, Somalia, Smerdon said.
Piracy is rampant in the Gulf of Aden off the coasts of Somalia and Kenya with vessels seized regularly and often released only after a large ransom is paid.
CNN) -- The Liberty Sun, a U.S.-flagged cargo ship bound for Mombasa, Kenya, was attacked Tuesday night by Somali pirates, according to the company and senior U.S. military officials.
Pirates attacked The Liberty Sun, a U.S.-flagged cargo ship, but were unable to board.
"The pirates fired rocket-propelled grenades and automatic weapons at the vessel, which sustained damage," said a statement from New York-based Liberty Maritime Corporation, which owns the vessel.
The ship is carrying U.S. food aid for African nations, the statement said. About 20 U.S. citizens are aboard the Liberty Sun, delivering humanitarian supplies from the U.N. World Food Programme, CARE and other groups, two senior defense officials told CNN.
The pirates never made it onto the ship and the vessel is now being escorted by a coalition ship, still bound for Mombasa, officials said.
Two senior defense officials said the Liberty Sun was being escorted by the guided missile destroyer USS Bainbridge. It is the ship carrying Richard Phillips, the captain of the container ship Maersk Alabama, which was hijacked last week. Phillips spent days as a hostage of the pirates before being rescued Sunday.
The official said Capt. Richard Phillips is uninjured and in good condition, and that three of the four pirates were killed. The fourth pirate is in custody. Phillips was taken aboard the USS Bainbridge, a nearby naval warship.
Earlier Sunday afternoon Maersk Line Limited, owner of the Maersk Alabama, said the U.S. Navy informed the company that it had sighted Phillips in a lifeboat where pirates are holding him hostage off the coast of Somalia.
Phillips was spotted another time earlier in the day, the Navy said.
On Saturday, the FBI launched a criminal investigation into the hijacking of the U.S.-flagged cargo ship by Somali pirates, two law enforcement officials told CNN. The probe will be led by the FBI's New York field office, which is responsible for looking into cases involving U.S. citizens in the African region, the officials said.
French special forces released four hostages today in a rescue operation on a French yacht off Somalia but one hostage was killed, President Sarkozy’s office said.
Two pirates were also killed and three captured as commandos swooped to release two couples and a three-year-old boy whose sailing boat, Tanit, was seized on April 4. There was no immediate word on which hostage had been killed, though it was confirmed that the boy, Colin Lemaçon, was unharmed.
The surviving hostages were in good health after the rescue, which was at least the fourth assault by French forces on pirates operating from Somalia in the past year. Thirty two French hostages have been released from the hands of pirates and, until yesterday, none were killed.
Mr Sarkozy ordered the assault after the pirates refused to accept proposals from French warships shadowing Tanit and tried to sail towards the coast, the Elysée Palace said.
“During the operation a hostage sadly died,” it said. “The President confirms France’s determination not to give into blackmail and to defeat the pirates.”
Oslo - Somali pirates on Friday released the Norwegian tanker Bow-Asir and its crew, having held it since March 26, its owners said in a statement on Friday.
"The chemical tanker Bow Asir was released on Friday 10th April 2009. However, the ship is still sailing in dangerous waters," Norway's Salhus Shipping said in the statement.
"All crew are unharmed and we wish to thank them for their handling of this difficult situation."
Phillips was believed to be trying to swim to the USS Bainbridge, a naval warship that is in communication with the gunmen holding Phillips off Somalia's coast, the official said.
The pirates jumped into the water, recaptured him, and returned him to the lifeboat, according to the official.
The U.S. military has every reason to believe that he was unharmed in the incident, the official said.
Phillips has been held since Wednesday, when the hijackers briefly seized control of his ship, the Maersk Alabama.
He is being held by four gunmen in the lifeboat about 300 miles off the Horn of Africa.
Meanwhile, two U.S. warships were on their way Friday to help the crew of the Bainbridge secure Phillips' release.
The crew of the Maersk Alabama recaptured their ship from pirates, but their captain remained in the hands of the marauders, one of its officers said.
"There's four Somali pirates, and they've got our captain," Ken Quinn said in a ship-to-shore phone interview.
Capt. Richard Phillips was being held in the Alabama's 28-foot lifeboat after the pirates reneged on an agreement to exchange him for a captured pirate, Quinn said.
"We returned him, but they didn't return the captain," he said.
The hijackers boarded the Alabama early Wednesday, when it was about 350 miles off the coast of Somalia, a haven for pirates attacks in the Gulf of Aden.
It is believed that the U.S.-flagged Maersk Alabama then was hijacked, according to a statement from Maersk Line Ltd. If so, it would be the sixth hijacking over the past week.
The vessel was en route to Mombasa, Kenya, when it was attacked about 310 miles (500 kilometers) off Somalia's coast, the statement said.
U.S. government sources said the attack happened at about 7:30 a.m. local time. The nearest U.S. Navy warship was about 300 nautical miles, or 345 miles, away at the time, they said. The U.S. Navy issued another notice Tuesday warning mariners that the Somali piracy activity was extending hundreds of miles offshore.
A Maersk subsidiary in Norfolk, Virginia, owns and operates the cargo ship, Maersk spokesman Michael Storgaard said. He would not provide any details about the security arrangements on board the Maersk Alabama.
"We have very strict policies on the vessel. ... Crews are trained to handle these types of situations," Storgaard said from Maersk's headquarters in Copenhagen, Denmark.
He said the company is in the process of contacting the crew members' relatives and setting up assistance for them.
"That is at this moment our primary concern," Storgaard said.
The Maersk Line is one of the U.S. Department of Defense's primary shipping contractors. But Storgaard said the Maersk Alabama was carrying "general cargo," most likely including aid supplies to East Africa.
April 2 (Bloomberg) -- Abu Sayyaf militants freed the Filipino Red Cross worker they kidnapped more than two months ago in the southern Philippines. They still hold an Italian and a Swiss national from the charity who were seized with her.
Mary Jean Lacaba was released today at around 8:30 p.m. local time after negotiations led by Sulu Governor Abdusakur Tan, said Colonel Eugenio Clemen, deputy commander of the anti- terrorism task force in the southern province, in a phone interview. She was taken to a military base on Jolo, Sulu’s main island, about 970 kilometers (600 miles) south of Manila, the capital, said Sulu Public Information Officer Sonny Abing.
Lacaba was seized Jan. 15 on Jolo island together with Red Cross staff members Eugenio Vagni, from Italy, and Andreas Notter, who is Swiss. Abu Sayyaf last week threatened to behead one of the three if authorities didn’t break the cordon they had formed around the kidnappers. The government refused, saying complying would amount to surrendering Jolo to the group.
For deliverance from all danger, violence, oppression, and
degradation, let us pray to the Lord.
Lord, have mercy.
We pray for the protection and rescue of:
Judith Tebbutt, kidnapped in Somalia
37 construction workers kidnapped in Afghanistan
8 Danes, including 3 children, kidnapped in the Indian Ocean
The 23 crewmembers of the MV Dover
Colin Rutherford, kidnapped in Afghanistan
The 25 crewmembers of the MV Irene SL
The 43 crewmembers of the MV Savina Caylyn
The 27 crewmembers of the MV Blida
The 26 crewmembers of the FV Shiuh Fu No 1
The 8 crewmembers of the MV EMS River
9 security guards kidnapped in Afghanistan
The 27 crewmembers of the Thor Nexus
Bruno Pelizzari and Deborah Calitz, kidnapped in Somalia
The crewmembers of the Orna
The 24 crewmembers of the Renuar
The 23 crewmembers of the Panama
The 26 crewmembers of the Jaban Moni
The 23 crewmembers of the Albedo
The 29 crewmembers of the Yuan Xiang
The 9 crewmembers and 20 passengers of the Aly Zulfacar
The 24 crewmembers of the Polar
The crewmembers of the al-Nassar
The 2 crewmembers of the Choizil
The 17 crewmembers of the York
The 43 crewmembers of the Golden Wave
The 15 crewmembers of the Asphalt Venture
The 22 crewmembers of the MV Suez
2 UN peacekeepers kidnapped in Darfur
Said Moalim Bashir, kidnapped in Somalia
The 18 crewmembers of the Olib G
The 18 crewmembers of the MT Motivator
The 9 crewmembers of a Yemeni ship hijacked in the Gulf of Aden
A French tourist kidnapped in Niger
3 Thai fishing ships with 77 crewmembers hijacked in in the Indian Ocean
5 UN workers missing in Afghanistan
8 aid workers kidnapped in the Congo
The 7 crewmembers of the al-Dhafari
The 24 crewmembers of the Tai Yuan 227
The 23 crewmembers of the Rak Afrikana
The 14 crewmembers of the Jin-Chun Tsai
5 fishing ships with about 75 crewmembers hijacked in the Indian Ocean
The 24 crewmembers of the MV Iceburg 1
The 9 crewmembers of the MSV Abdul Razak
The 6 crewmembers of the Socotra 1
9 aid truck drivers kidnapped in Somalia
40 Central African Republic villagers kidnapped by Ugandan rebels
7 employees of Radio Farsi charged with espionage in Iran
The 13 crewmembers of the Nesaya
The crewmembers of the Laxmi Sagar
The crewmembers of the Al Hilal
Christians under attack in Nigeria
5 crewmembers kidnapped from a Lithuanian ship in Nigeria
A French security advisor kidnapped in Somalia
Pfc. Bowe Bergdahl, kidnapped in Afghanistan
The British and French Embassy workers on trial in Iran
Anthony S., Johannes and Sabine Hentschel, and their infant son Simon, kidnapped in Yemen
Laura Archer, Raphael Meonier, and Mauro D’ascanio, kidnapped in Sudan
4 crewmembers of a ship hijacked in Nigeria
Felix Batista, kidnapped in Mexico
5 musicians and an election worker kidnapped in Afghanistan
Awale Jama and Muktar Said, kidnapped in Somalia
The 644 hostages being held captive by pirates in Somalia
The estimated 700 remaining hostages in Columbia
Abderahman Yusuf Arale
Dr. Abdul Rab
Abdul Hafiz
Murray Watson
Patrick Amukhuma
Alan McMenemy, kidnapped in Baghdad
Sinan Krause
Robert Levinson
Andre Durant
Callie Scheepers
Johan Enslin
Hardus Greef
Ahmed Qusai al-Taayie
All hostages known only to God
We give thanks for the release of:
Gilad Shalit
Shane Bauer and Joshua Fattel, charged with espionage in Iran
Stephane Tapponier, Herve Ghesquire, and 3 Afghan assistants kidnapped in Afghanistan
The 31 crewmembers of the Hannibal II
The 20 crewmembers of the Izumi
Marcos Baquero, kidnapped in Columbia
The 22 crewmembers of the Marida Marguerite
The 23 crewmembers of the Eleni P
Peter Oosterhaus, kidnapped in Afghanistan
The 24 crewmembers of the Samho Dream
The crewmembers of the MT Nisir Al Saudi
Paul and Rachel Chandler, kidnapped in Somalia
Frans Barnard, kidnapped in Somalia
The 11 crewmembers of the Al-Barari
The 19 crewmembers of the Golden Blessing
The 21 crewmembers of the Voc Daisy
The 24 crewmembers of the Pramoni
Sarah Shourd, charged with espionage in Iran
Albert Vilalta and Roque Pascual, kidnapped in Mauritania
The 15 crewmembers of the Al-Mahmoudia 2
Bowie Attamah, kidnapped in Nigeria
The 25 crewmembers of the MV Talca
The 25 crewmembers of the MV Yasin C
The 24 crewmembers of the QSM Dubai
The 24 crewmembers of the MV Syria Star
The 21 crewmembers of the MV Frigia
2 German aid workers kidnapped in Darfur
The 16 crewmembers of the MV Sakoba
The 21 crewmembers of the UBT Ocean
A Swiss aid worker kidnapped in Chad
The 25 crewmembers of the Asian Glory
The crewmembers of the MV Rim
Lydia and Anna H., kidnapped in Yemen
The 23 crewmembers of the St. James Park
The 23 crewmembers of the MV Moscow University
The driver for the French tourist kidnapped in Niger
4 peacekeepers missing in Darfur
Sergio Cicala,kidnapped in Mauritania
3 fishing ships hijacked in the Indian Ocean
Issa Salomi, kidnapped in Iraq
Gauthier Lefevre, kidnapped in Darfur
The 28 crewmembers of the MV Theresa VIII
2 French aid workers kidnapped in the Central African Republic
Alicia Gamez
Philomene Kabouree
Alexander Effong and Nick Greyling
The 25 crewmembers of the Thai Union 3
The 19 crewmembers of the Navios Apollon
Pierre Kamat, kidnapped in Mali
The 29 crewmembers of the Win Far 161
The 26 crewmembers of the Al Kahliq
Laurent Maurice, kidnapped in Chad
The 22 crewmembers of the Filitsa
The 28 crewmembers of the Maran Centarurus
The 29 crewmembers of the MV Shahbaig
Peter Moore
The 21 crewmembers of the Kota Wajar
The 25 crewmembers of the De Xin Hai
The 11 crewmembers of the Bosphorus Prodigy
The passengers and crew of a yacht hijacked in the Gulf of Aden
Crew members of a Thai fishing ship
3 crewmembers of an Indian fishing ship
The crewmembers of the Delvina
2 UN peacekeepers kidnapped in Darfur
The 9 crewmembers of the Charelle
5 British sailors detained by Iran
The 18 crewmembers of the Al Mizan
Amanda Lindhout
Nigel Brennan
The 24 crewmembers of the Ariana
A Japanese aid worker kidnapped in Yemen
The 36 crewmembers of the Alakrana
Fr. Michael Sinnott, kidnapped in the Philippines
2 aid workers kidnapped in Darfur
23 crewmembers of the Horizon-1
3 aid workers kidnapped in Kenya
Crew members of a Chinese cargo ship
The 23 crewmembers of the MV Irene
Gilbert Victor and Andre Conrad, hijacked in the Seychelles
1 of the French security advisors kidnapped in Somalia
A French tourist kidnapped in Pakistan
The crewmembers of the Arctic Sea
The crewmembers of a Yemeni tugboat
The 13 crewmembers of the Shugaa-al-Mahdi
The 18 crewmembers of the Momtaz 1
Danka Panchova and the other 5 aid workers from Action Against Hunger who were kidnapped in Somalia
The 16 crewmembers of the Buccaneer
Laura Ling and Euna Lee, sentenced to 12 years hard labor in N. Korea
The 24 crewmembers of the Hansa Stavanger
The crewmembers of the Masindra 7
The 19 crew members of the MV Capt. Stephanos
The 10 crewmembers of the Victoria
11 crewmembers of an Indian cargo ship
A Scottish oil worker kidnapped in Nigeria
Werner Burco-Greiner, kidnapped in Niger
Eugenio Vagni, kidnapped in the Philippines
12 landmine removers kidnapped in Afghanistan
The crewmembers of the Pompei
The 18 crewmembers of the Marathon
David Rohde
The 7 crewmembers of the Indian Ocean Explorer
Matthew Maguire, kidnapped in Nigeria
400 students and teachers kidnapped by the Taliban in Pakistan
Rafael Mayonada, Quizon Freirez and Jeannette delos Reyes, kidnapped in the Philippines
The 17 crewmembers of the MV Patriot
Robin Hughes, kidnapped in Nigeria
Roxana Saberi, convicted of espionage in Iran
The 19 crewmembers of the Nipaya
The 24 crewmembers of the Malaspina Castle
Claire Dubois and Stéphanie Jodoin, kidnapped in Sudan
2 aid workers from Doctors Without Borders, kidnapped in Somalia
22 crewmembers of the Saldanha
Robert Fowler and Louis Guay, kidnapped in Niger
Gabriella Burco Greiner
Marianne Petzold
Andreas Notter
17 crewmembers of 2 Yemeni fishing ships
The crew members of the Sea Horse
24 crewmembers of the Titan
24 crew members of the Tanyo No. 8
A Dutch couple kidnapped in Yemen
Richard Phillips, captain of the Maersk Alabama
Chloe and Colin Lemacon and the 2 passengers of the Tanit
The 28 crewmembers of the Bow Asir
The 20 crewmembers of the Maersk Alabama
John Solecki, kidnapped in Pakistan
Mary-Jean Lacaba
5 Kenyan teachers kidnapped in Somalia
13 crewmembers of the MV Longchamp
4 UN workers kidnapped in Somalia
Sr. Caterina Giraudo and Sr. Maria Teresa Oliviero, kidnapped in Kenya
The 28 crew members of the Blue Star
A 9 year old boy kidnapped in Nigeria
A Chinese engineer kidnapped in Pakistan
Crew members of a Japanese cargo ship
21 crew members of the Faina
4 hostages released in Colombia
30 crewmembers of the Biscaglia
A sailor kidnapped from a fuel tanker in Nigeria
The crew of an oil tanker hijacked in Nigeria
A German engineer and two Yemeni gas workers kidnapped in Yemen
2 aid workers kidnapped in Somalia
14 crew members of the Karagol
21 crew members of the African Sanderling
Peter French, James Grady and the other 23 crew members of the Sirius Star
The 9 crew members of a French cargo ship
Jose Cendon and Colin Freeman
Dany Egreteau, the French aid worker kidnapped in Afghanistan
3 members of a German family kidnapped in Yemen
Crew members of a Yemeni freighter
The 25 kidnapped crew members of the Santauri
The hostages rescued in Mumbai
33 crew members of the MT Stolt Valour
10 oil workers kidnapped in Cameroon
Lebanese engineer kidnapped in Nigeria
Andrea Kloiber
Wolfgang Ebner
Tour group and guides kidnapped in Egypt
Abdulkarim al-Khaiwani
Bernadette Delanne
Jean-Yves Delanne
Hassan Mohamed Ali
Juergan Kantiner
Sabine Merck
Iolanda Occhipinti
Giuliano Paganini
2 French aid workers kidnapped in Afghanistan
8 Colombian hostages
Keith Stansell
Marc Gonsalves
Thomas Howes
Ingrid Betancourt
Crew of the MV Lehmann Timber
Two Swedish aid workers kidnapped in Somalia
Richard Butler
CBS Iraqi interpreter
Fr. Mazen Ishoa
Fr. Pius Affas
Rudolf Blechschmidt and his 4 Afghan co-workers
An Italian soldier kidnapped in Afghanistan
Ali Shakeri
Parnez Azima
Kian Tajbahksh
Haleh Esfandiari
Christina Meier and her unborn baby
Hannelore Krause
Kim Kyung-ja
Kim Yun-yeong
Lee Sun-young
Seo Myung-hwa
Cha Hye-jin
Seo Kyung-seok
Ko Se-hun
Kim Ji-na
Yoo Jung-hwa
Je Chang-hee
Lee Joo-yeon
Yoo Kyung-sik
Song Byung-woo
Lee Young-kyung
Han Ji-young
Kim Yun-young
An Hye-jin
Lee Sung-eun
Unidentified Korean hostages
Alan Johnston
Eric Damfreville
Celine Cordelier
15 British sailors and Marines
Daniele Mastrogiacomo
8 Ethiopians kidnapped with the Embassy workers
5 British Embassy workers kidnapped in Ethiopia
Jaime Razuri
Fr. Doglas al-Bazy
Fr. Samy al-Raiys
Gianmarco Oronato
Claudio Moroni
Roberto Vila
Emilio Morenatti
Gabriele Torsello
We mourn the loss of:
35 construction workers killed by the Taliban in Afghanistan
Jean and Scott Adam,Phyllis Macay and Bob Riggle, killed by pirates on the Quest
2 French tourists kidnapped in Niger
Linda Norgrove, kidnapped and killed in Afghanistan
10 aid workers kidnapped and killed in Afghanistan
Petty Officer 3rd Class Jerod Newlove, kidnapped in Afghanistan
Petty Officer 2nd Class Justin McNealey, kidnapped in Afghanistan
The captain of the QSM Dubai
Michel Germaneau, kidnapped in Niger
3 crewmembers of the Win Far 161
The captain of the MV Theresa VIII
Alec Maclachlan
Serhiy Vartenkov
Jason Creswell
Jason Swindlehurst
The 7 aid workers killed in Yemen
Edwin Dyer
Florent Lemacon
An 11 year old girl killed trying to save her brother from kidnapping in Nigeria
5 hostages killed in Mumbai
Ehud Goldwasser
Eldad Regev
Byron Fouty
Alex Jimenez
Jonathon Cote
Matt Maupin
Bert Nussbaumer
Joshua Munns
Paul Reuben
John Young
Ronald Withrow
Archbishop Paulos Faraj Rahho
Cyd Mizell
Abdul Hadi
John Granville
Italian soldier kidnappped in Afghanistan
Ruediger Diedrich
Shim Sung-min
Bae Hyung-kyu
Joseph Anzack
Adjmal Nakshbandi
Sayad Agha
Johnathon Millican
Shawn Falter
Jacob Fritz
Brian Freeman
Bryan Chism
Arthur Laguna and 4 other Blackwater employees
2 interpreters killed in Basra
Defend them, deliver them, and in thy compassion protect them, O Lord, by thy grace.
Lord, have mercy.
