Fadi Ihsan Fadel
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Fadi Ihsan Fadel is a Canadian
humanitarian worker who was taken hostage
in Iraq
. He was taken hostage on April 7, 2004 and released April 16, 2004. He was working for New York
-based International Rescue Committee
, a non-government organization
. The key issue to his release was the emphasis to his captors that he was Canadian, not Israeli.
Fadel believes that his captors specifically targeted him as they called him by his name.
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
humanitarian worker who was taken hostage
Hostage
A hostage is a person or entity which is held by a captor. The original definition meant that this was handed over by one of two belligerent parties to the other or seized as security for the carrying out of an agreement, or as a preventive measure against certain acts of war...
in Iraq
Iraq
Iraq ; officially the Republic of Iraq is a country in Western Asia spanning most of the northwestern end of the Zagros mountain range, the eastern part of the Syrian Desert and the northern part of the Arabian Desert....
. He was taken hostage on April 7, 2004 and released April 16, 2004. He was working for New York
New York
New York is a state in the Northeastern region of the United States. It is the nation's third most populous state. New York is bordered by New Jersey and Pennsylvania to the south, and by Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont to the east...
-based International Rescue Committee
International Rescue Committee
The International Rescue Committee is a leading nonsectarian, nongovernmental international relief and development organization based in the United States, with operations in over 40 countries...
, a non-government organization
Non-governmental organization
A non-governmental organization is a legally constituted organization created by natural or legal persons that operates independently from any government. The term originated from the United Nations , and is normally used to refer to organizations that do not form part of the government and are...
. The key issue to his release was the emphasis to his captors that he was Canadian, not Israeli.
Fadel believes that his captors specifically targeted him as they called him by his name.