Press release of UUI, regarding kidnapping of foreign workers in Iraq

The foreign workers are victims of terrorism which is the result of the American-British war and occupation in Iraq.

The political Islamic groups took advantage from the presence of the occupying forces in Iraq to propagate for their reactionary agenda and to fund their terrorist operations through kidnapping foreign workers and demanding huge amount of money to release them. Many foreign workers have been taken as hostage in Iraq by these groups and they requested thousand of dollars in order to release them, this became a business for these groups and even governments of many of these workers did not send troops to Iraq at all. Workers from Nepal, Egypt, Turkey, Lebanon and Sri Lanka, Philippine, staffs of humanitarian organizations and NGOs …..ect are among the victims of beheading and hostage exchange with huge amount of money by political Islamic groups in Iraq.

UUI condemn strongly these atrocities against foreign workers in Iraq who have nothing to do with this war and occupation in Iraq. Many of these workers like their class comrades in this world are seeking for jobs in order to improve their economic situations and to feed their families and children.

We call all political parties, trade unions and humanitarian organizations Worldwide, to condemn strongly these actions in order to prevent victimization of innocent foreign workers for this terrorist conflict between political Islam and occupying forces in Iraq .We call Iraqi people to protest against these kidnapping operations against innocent foreigners which threats every foreign workers to become target of terrorism and this business profit.

We express our condolence for families of the victims of these operations and we declare our solidarity with the families of kidnapped workers who are still hostages in Iraq and we hope that freedom loving people worldwide will stand firmly against these crimes and oppose these reactionary policies. End of the Occupation in Iraq is the only way to eradicate these atrocities.


Union of Unemployed in Iraq-UUI

Leading committee

20.11.2004