Blair has ‘signed her death warrant’

A CLOSE friend of Irish-born hostage Margaret Hassan said the sight of her crying on the kidnapper’s video was “really bad” because she was a woman who was frightened of nothing.

Film-maker Felicity Arbuthnot, told BBC Radio 4’s PM programme: “She is a very tough lady and if she is crying on this video - I haven’t been able to steel myself to look at it yet - that is really bad, because this is a woman who is frightened of nothing.”

Ms Arbuthnot accused the Prime Minister of “signing (Ms Hassan’s) death warrant” with his comments about her kidnap.