A video showing Jeffrey Ake being held hostage by unknown captors on Al Jazeera.
Jeffrey Ake (born February 28, 1958) is President and CEO of Equipment Express, an Indiana-based manufactuer of bottled water equipment. Ake has been a contractor assisting in the American led reconstruction efforts in Iraq, where, in 2003, his company built a machine that filled containers with cooking oil to be used by Iraqis. Image File history File links Ake_video. ... Image File history File links Ake_video. ... Al Jazeera logo Al Jazeera (الجزيرة), meaning The Island or The (Arabian) Peninsula (whence also Algiers) is an Arabic television channel based in Qatar. ... February 28 is the 59th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1958 (MCMLVIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... State nickname: The Hoosier State Official languages English Capital Indianapolis Largest city Indianapolis Governor Mitch Daniels (R) Senators Richard Lugar (R) Evan Bayh (D) Area - Total - % water Ranked 38th 94,321 km² 1. ... A 1. ... A contractor is in a legal sense one who enters into a binding agreement to perform a certain service or provide a certain product in exchange for valuable consideration, monetary, goods,services, even barter arrangements. ... 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
On April 11, 2005, Ake was kidnapped by unknown assailants. A video was subsequently made which showed Ake clutching his passport to his chest and pleading for the American government to open talks with the Iraqi resistance and save his life. Three gunmen, two hooded and one off camera, pointed assault rifles at him. The video was then delivered to Al Jazeera television where it was aired without the audio. April 11 is the 101st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (102nd in leap years). ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Al Jazeera logo Al Jazeera (الجزيرة), meaning The Island or The (Arabian) Peninsula (whence also Algiers) is an Arabic television channel based in Qatar. ...
The White House stated they would continue their policy of not negotiating with terrorists. "Any time there is a hostage — an American hostage — it is a high priority for the United States," the White House Press Secretary Scott McClellan said. "Our position is well known when it comes to negotiating. Obviously this is a sensitive matter." The southern side of the White House The White House is the official residence and principal workplace of the President of the United States of America. ... The southern side of the White House The White House is the official residence and principal workplace of the President of the United States of America. ... Scott McClellan in the press room of the White House Scott McClellan (born 1968) is the current White House Press Secretary for President George W. Bush. ...
Ake was the latest of 14 American civilians who have been killed or gone missing since 2004 in Iraq. He is still missing. 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Jeffrey J. Ake (born February 28, 1958) is President and CEO of Equipment Express, an Indiana-based manufacturer of bottled water equipment.
Ake has been a contractor assisting in the American led reconstruction efforts in Iraq, where, in 2003, his company built a machine that filled containers with cooking oil to be used by Iraqis.
Ake was the latest of 14 American civilians who have been killed or gone missing since 2004 in Iraq.
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