Aban Elias

Aban Elias

Aban Elias an Iraqi-American is a civil engineer from Denver, Colorado. He was kidnapped on May 3 2004 while working as an engineer on a road building project in Baghdad. He was shown being held hostage in a video on Al Arabiya television station. While, blindfolded and posed against a stone wall, he was shown pleading for help. A transcript provided by Al Arabiya quoted him as saying in English:

"“My name is Aban Elias from Denver, Colorado. I am a civil engineer working in Baghdad ... and we are working with the Pentagon. ... I was kidnapped, and I call upon Muslim organizations to interfere to release me.”"

He has not been seen or heard from since.

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* http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5033864
* http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/4914840/


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