Hostage Working Group
Encyclopedia
Hostage Working Group was organized by the US Department of State at the US Embassy in Baghdad
in the summer of 2004 to monitor hostages in Iraq
. Reported as meeting "weekly to bring together officials from the FBI, the Defense Department, the State Department and the Iraqi government. Officials do not publicly discuss the actions they can take against kidnappers."1
In an interview in the magazine, Talk Through, of the UK's Ministry of Defence Police, April/May 2005, PC Peter Anderson, who was working with the Hostage Working Group (HWG) describes himself as: "the only non-American in this 30-strong group."
Erik Rye was identified as the director of the Hostage Working Group at the US Embassy in Baghdad in an editorial 3 in the International Herald Tribune on May 17, 2006.
A statement issued September 7, 2006 by the White House 4 identified another group working out of the US Embassy in Baghdad
, the Office of Hostage Affairs. It is unknown if this is a new group or an alternative name for the Hostage Working Group.
Baghdad
Baghdad is the capital of Iraq, as well as the coterminous Baghdad Governorate. The population of Baghdad in 2011 is approximately 7,216,040...
in the summer of 2004 to monitor hostages 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....
. Reported as meeting "weekly to bring together officials from the FBI, the Defense Department, the State Department and the Iraqi government. Officials do not publicly discuss the actions they can take against kidnappers."1
In an interview in the magazine, Talk Through, of the UK's Ministry of Defence Police, April/May 2005, PC Peter Anderson, who was working with the Hostage Working Group (HWG) describes himself as: "the only non-American in this 30-strong group."
Erik Rye was identified as the director of the Hostage Working Group at the US Embassy in Baghdad in an editorial 3 in the International Herald Tribune on May 17, 2006.
A statement issued September 7, 2006 by the White House 4 identified another group working out of the US Embassy in Baghdad
Baghdad
Baghdad is the capital of Iraq, as well as the coterminous Baghdad Governorate. The population of Baghdad in 2011 is approximately 7,216,040...
, the Office of Hostage Affairs. It is unknown if this is a new group or an alternative name for the Hostage Working Group.
External links
- Hostages of War International Herald TribuneInternational Herald TribuneThe International Herald Tribune is a widely read English language international newspaper. It combines the resources of its own correspondents with those of The New York Times and is printed at 38 sites throughout the world, for sale in more than 160 countries and territories...
, May 17, 2006 - Fast Chat: 'She Came Home Alive' NewsweekNewsweekNewsweek is an American weekly news magazine published in New York City. It is distributed throughout the United States and internationally. It is the second-largest news weekly magazine in the U.S., having trailed Time in circulation and advertising revenue for most of its existence...
, April 10, 2006 - Job Description for the Coordinator of the Hostage Working Group USAJobs.org, June 22, 2005
- Talk Through (PDF) The Magazine of the UK's Ministry of Defence Police, Living the Baghdad experience, May/April, 2005
- U.S. Hostages Kept Low Profile In Ritzy Baghdad Neighborhood Larry Kaplow, Cox News Service, September 9, 2004
- Victim's Tale... International Herald TribuneInternational Herald TribuneThe International Herald Tribune is a widely read English language international newspaper. It combines the resources of its own correspondents with those of The New York Times and is printed at 38 sites throughout the world, for sale in more than 160 countries and territories...
, May 7, 2006 - State Department Briefing March 7, 2006
- Some Grounds for Optimism over Wood Australian Broadcasting CorporationAustralian Broadcasting CorporationThe Australian Broadcasting Corporation, commonly referred to as "the ABC" , is Australia's national public broadcaster...
March 5, 2005 - The Missing NewsweekNewsweekNewsweek is an American weekly news magazine published in New York City. It is distributed throughout the United States and internationally. It is the second-largest news weekly magazine in the U.S., having trailed Time in circulation and advertising revenue for most of its existence...
, March 13, 2006