Christian Chesnot is a French journalist working for Radio France who, along with Georges Malbrunot, was taken hostage on August 20, 2004, by the Islamic Army in Iraq. This group gave the French government a 48-hour deadline to repeal its law against girls wearing the Muslim veil in school. The ultimatum was delivered by means of video broadcast on the Arab TV channel Al-Jazeera at 6.30 p.m. GMT on August 26. Both French hostages were released on December 21, 2004 when the Islamic Army agreed that France is their allied country. This article is in need of attention. ... George Malbrunot, along with Christian Chesnot, is a French journalist working for Le Figaro taken hostage on August 20, 2004, by the Islamic Army in Iraq. ... August 20 is the 232nd day of the year (233rd in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 2004 is a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Islamic Army in Iraq is one of a number of underground Islamist militant, or mujaheddin, organizations formed in Iraq following the 2003 invasion of Iraq by U.S. and allied military forces and the subsequent collapse of the Baathist government headed by Saddam Hussein. ... The French law on secularity and conspicuous religious symbols in schools is an amendment to the French Code of Education banning students from wearing conspicuous religious symbols in French public, primary, and secondary schools. ... Al Jazeera logo Al Jazeera (الجزيرة), meaning The Island or The (Arabian) Peninsula is an Arabic television channel based in Qatar. ... December 21 is the 355th day of the year (356th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ...
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[1] (http://www.lemonde.fr/web/recherche_articleweb/1,13-0,36-391771,0.html) - From Le Monde (in French)
CHRISTIANCHESNOT: Yes, and especially at the beginning, the first word I said to them, I am French journalist working for Radio France, Le Figaro, because it was, of course, you know, important, because if you are on the wrong side, you are executed.
CHRISTIANCHESNOT: During all the four months of captivity, we have made roughly ten videotape, and it was a kind in the framework of the negotiation between the French and the hijackers, so it was very simple.
CHRISTIANCHESNOT: It was a very strange release, because we imagined before that we should be released, for instance, in a more kind of natural place, you know, a mosque, I don't know, a place or an embassy, you know, Arabic embassy.
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