Hassan’s family hits out at British Government

IRISH aid worker Margaret Hassan, who was murdered in Iraq, died because the British Government refused to speak to her kidnappers, her family said yesterday.

The Dublin-born Care International worker was taken hostage in October 2004 and killed just under a month later. Her body has never been found.

Yesterday, her family said that during her captivity, four calls were made to her Iraqi husband Tahseen in Baghdad from the kidnappers, demanding to speak to a member of the British Embassy.