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Topic: Angelo de la Cruz

	CNN.com - Filipino 'freed when troops leave' - Jul 15, 2004
		The news reader said de la Cruz had sent a message to the Philippines president, Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, thanking her for her decision to withdraw troops and sticking to that decision.
		Cruz "sent a message to his wife and family members telling them that he is not wearing the orange clothes anymore, and he appeared in regular clothes on the tape, and he told his family members 'wait for me, I am coming back to you,' " according to an English-translation of the Al-Jazeera report.
		Until the al-Jazeera broadcast the fate of the de la Cruz, a 46-year-old father of eight was unknown.
	www.cnn.com /2004/WORLD/meast/07/15/philippines.hostage/index.html (899 words)

	HAPPY ENDING FOR ANGELO
		In Amman, Jordan, De la Cruz’s wife Arsenia said she was "very happy" about her husband’s release and would never allow him to return to the Middle East to work.
		Relatives of De la Cruz in his hometown in Mexico, Pampanga broke down in tears as news of his release was relayed by local media networks.
		Sources, privy to the preparations for De la Cruz’s arrival, said the government is considering the possibility of taking him directly to Malacañang from the airport or the President visiting him personally at his hometown.
	www.newsflash.org /2004/02/hl/hl100716.htm (1655 words)

	Bulatlat.com
		Angelo de la Cruz: A Victim of an Unjust War
		We must keep up the pressure on the government so that Angelo de la Cruz would be safely reunited with his family as soon as possible.
		This is the “humanitarian mission” that the Arroyo government was so eager to support and promote — even at the risk of placing the thousands of Angelo de la Cruzes in harms way.
	www.bulatlat.com /news/4-24/4-24-victim.html (664 words)

	Angelo de la Cruz is Macapagal-Arroyo's karma - Jul. 19, 2004
		Angelo de la Cruz was at the wrong place at the wrong time.
		She went through all the expected procedures in the PR book - the outpouring of support and sympathy for the family of Angelo de la Cruz, the motions towards negotiating for de la Cruz's release but she had not considered troop pullout, the one thing that really mattered to resolve the problem.
		Sending the de la Cruz wife and brother to Jordan did not soften the hearts of the Iraqi insurgents who have stated their demand very clearly - pullout those Philippine troops in Iraq or de la Cruz dies.
	www.inq7.net /opi/2004/jul/19/opi_wesposo-1.htm (1201 words)

	PHILIPPINES: Released Worker Gets Kisses But Reality Bites Others (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		On Thursday morning de la Cruz's family was flown by helicopter to their home in the village of Buenavista in the town of Mexico, Pampanga, a province about 90 kilometers from Manila.
		De la Cruz's instant fame - he is now called the 'Filipino Everyman' and a national icon - clouded debates on whether or not the Philippines has strained its smooth relations with the United States by pulling out its humanitarian contingent from Iraq to save one Filipino contract worker held captive by Iraqi militants.
		Since de la Cruz's capture Jul. 7, images of his weathered face staring at a camera in his orange garb gripped Filipinos in the Philippines and abroad, and it was enough to put Arroyo, one of Asia's staunch supporters of the U.S. invasion of Iraq, to step back and weigh things.
	www.ipsnews.net /interna.asp?idnews=24757 (1184 words)

	BBC NEWS \| Asia-Pacific \| Filipino hostage in 'final plea'
		Angelo de la Cruz, 46, was reportedly taken hostage while working as a truck driver for a Saudi Arabian firm.
		Mr de la Cruz appeared alone in the video aired by Al-Jazeera television on Saturday, clad in an orange jumpsuit of the type worn by detainees in the US military prison at Guantanamo Bay.
		As well as calling for the Philippines' President, Gloria Arroyo, to withdraw her troops from Iraq, Mr de la Cruz urged compatriots and colleagues not to come to the country "because the Iraqi police cannot protect you".
	news.bbc.co.uk /2/hi/asia-pacific/3882575.stm (476 words)

	CNN.com - Report: Filipino's captors extend deadline - Jul 10, 2004
		De la Cruz's wife, Zeny, then spoke on Philippines national television, recounting her conversation with Arroyo.
		Government officials said de la Cruz was in the custody of mediators and was expected to be turned over to the Philippines government.
		De la Cruz and his wife have eight children, and his wife pleaded for his release in a news conference Friday in Manila with Arroyo.
	edition.cnn.com /2004/WORLD/meast/07/10/iraq.main/index.html (1029 words)

	Iraqi militants deny release of Filipino, extend deadline - Jul. 11, 2004 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		A senior Philippine diplomat in Baghdad confirmed that De la Cruz, a truck driver abducted in Iraq as he entered from Saudi Arabia, has not been released, but said he was "optimistic" he would be freed.
		A purported call from President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo to De la Cruz's family confirming the truck driver's release sparked jubilation among captive's townmates in Pampanga province.Labor Secretary Patricia Sto.
		De la Cruz may be free soon--senior RP diplomat
	www.inq7.net /brk/2004/jul/11/brkpol_2-1.htm (504 words)

	Untitled Page (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.isi.jhu.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		De la Cruz, who is single, says his point was proved the first day he took the car out for a spin.
		De la Cruz, a one-time pre-med student, is still recovering from another accident in which he suffered nerve damage and required physical therapy.
		Meanwhile, de la Cruz is stopped at least a couple times a day by people who want to talk to him about his car.Men, women, young people, old people, everyone seems to be curious about how and why he did it.
	www.read24seven.com.cob-web.org:8888 /drive.html (968 words)

	CNN.com - Manila begins Iraq troop pullout - Jul 13, 2004
		Angelo de la Cruz is shown in this image from a video made by his kidnappers.
		Angelo de la Cruz, a 46-year-old father of eight who was working as a truck driver in Iraq, was taken hostage last week.
		The 51-member humanitarian force was due to leave Iraq on August 20, but the kidnappers of de la Cruz said they wanted the withdrawal by July 20.
	www.cnn.com /2004/WORLD/meast/07/13/philippines.hostage/index.html (577 words)

	Prayers and Angelo de la Cruz - Angelhouser - Viloria.com
		Angelo de la Cruz has been released by his captors and the whole country rejoices.
		The point is Angelo de la Cruz's release is just the beginning of an even longer story and an even bigger solution to a crisis that may not be as obvious nor as life threatening within a few days is needed.
		In the days when Angelo de la Cruz was still held captive, most of us sought solace and comfort in prayer.
	www.viloria.com /angelhouser/archives/00000369.html (567 words)

	iraq: Filipino Angelo de la Cruz Taken Hostage: July 8, 2004
		Angelo De la Cruz was taken captive on July 8, 2004.
		That's because de la Cruz, a father of eight, is considered a national hero — not for anything this unassuming truck driver has done, but because of who he represents: the Overseas Filipino Worker, known as an OFW in local parlance.
		Angelo de la Cruz is released on July 20.
	www.camerairaq.com /2004/07/filipino_angelo.html (451 words)

	Bulatlat.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Government officials claim that Angelo de la Cruz, an overseas Filipino worker (OFW) held hostage by the Iraqi militant group Khaled Bin Walid Brigade, is a victim of a terrorist act.
		There is a need to stress that while de la Cruz voluntarily went to Saudi Arabia, he was nevertheless forced by circumstances to do so.
		Indeed, the political and socioeconomic context in which the hostage-taking happened must be seriously studied, as the plight of de la Cruz is not isolated when taking into account the hardships that workers go through just to ensure their family’s survival.
	www.bulatlat.com /news/4-23/4-23-pay.html (448 words)

	Angelo de la Cruz: I am coming home - Jul. 16, 2004 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		De la Cruz was shown no longer wearing the bright orange garment that he had worn in previous videos.
		Voiced over by a narrator, De la Cruz told his family not to worry about him, pointing out that he had had a change of clothing, an apparent sign that he was no longer under threat of execution.
		De la Cruz also thanked President Macapagal-Arroyo for her decision to pull out the Philippine contingent in Iraq and asked her to uphold it, according to the television station.
	www.inq7.net /nat/2004/jul/16/nat_1-1.htm (593 words)

	LuisTeodoro.com » Blog Archive » Sacrificing Angelo de la Cruz (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Filipino worker Angelo de la Cruz could be dead by now, free, or still in the hands of his captors.
		What’s not so easy is to see Angelo de la Cruz as an individual with dreams and hopes, with a wife, children, kin and community.
		Angelo de la Cruz is expected to be freed tonight.
	www.luisteodoro.com /archives/2004/07/13/sacrificing-angelo-de-la-cruz (1350 words)

	Who are we to condemn Philippines for saving man? (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Quicker than you could say ``Angelo de la Cruz,'' seven more foreign truck drivers were kidnapped in Iraq before the newly freed Filipino hostage was even home.
		De la Cruz's sister, Lydia Ghazzawi in Pacifica, his eight children and the throngs in his province of Pampanga in the Philippines may have been celebrating, but official Washington was dour.
		Angelo de la Cruz became Everyman in the Philippines -- every man worth saving -- but not just because he was kidnapped and Filipinos are kidnap-squeamish.
	www.jhu.edu /fsa/delacruz.htm (513 words)

	Focus on the Philippines: Number 25
		Cruz is at risk of losing his life because his job has become enmeshed in the U.S.-led war in the Middle East.
		Dear President Arroyo: Angelo de la Cruz is one of tens of foreigners and tens of thousands of Iraqis whose lives have been put in jeopardy by the illegal occupation in which you are participating.
		We stand in sympathy with Angelo de la Cruz and his family, and we stand in solidarity with the many thousands of Filipinos who tried to stop your government from collaborating with this illegal invasion and are now trying to force your government to end this collaboration.
	www.focusweb.org /philippines/content/view/61/6 (3977 words)

	BBC NEWS \| Asia-Pacific \| Philippine ex-hostage comes home
		Scores of journalists and many of Angelo de la Cruz's relatives were at Manila airport for a tearful reunion.
		The plight of Mr de la Cruz, who like many Filipinos went abroad to earn money to support his family, has captivated the nation.
		Angelo de la Cruz was freed on Tuesday, after the last Philippine troops left Iraq.
	news.bbc.co.uk /2/hi/asia-pacific/3915677.stm (404 words)

	It's Happening Global Discussion Forum - Philippines to pull out troops (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Hoping to persuade the captors of Filipino truck driver Angelo de la Cruz to not execute their prisoner, and apparently meeting one of their key demands, the Philippines government has promised to withdraw its troops from Iraq.
		Angelo de la Cruz told his family in a videotaped message that he would be returning home and thanked the Philippine government for its decision to withdraw forces from Iraq.
		A ransom of $6 million was offered and paid out to the Iraqi rebels holding Filipino truck driver Angelo de la Cruz hostage, to ensure his release before President Arroyo's scheduled State of the Nation Address (Sona) on July 26, a high level Philippine intelligence officer told the Tribune yesterday.
	www.itshappening.com /showthread.php?t=49903 (2790 words)

	The Telegraph - Calcutta : International (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Nelia Cayanan, sister of hostage Angelo de la Cruz, ties yellow ribbons in their house in Buenavista town, north of Manila.
		Al Jazeera quoted de la Cruz as sending a message of thanks to Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo for her decision to withdraw her forces and urging her to stick to it.
		Militants who captured de la Cruz had threatened to kill him unless Manila withdrew its 43 soldiers and eight police by July 20, one month ahead of schedule.
	www.telegraphindia.com /1040716/asp/foreign/story_3502492.asp (515 words)

	GMA confident on ties with US: Reiterates firm support for int'l war vs terrorism
		De la Cruz, a father of eight from Mexico, Pampanga, is expected to arrive in the country very soon after he was released by his abductors in exchange for the Philippines' immediate withdrawal of its troops.
		"Angelo de la Cruz should be the last Filipino to be hostaged in Iraq, President Arroyo must ensure that there are secure and decent jobs in the Philippines so that our countrymen would not be forced to go to risky countries just to survive," said Danilo Ramos, secretary-general of the group.
		Lakas-CMD lawmakers yesterday said with the release of Angelo de la Cruz, the nation should now move on and urged the Filipino people to remain united as President Arroyo provides the new direction for the country in her State of the Nation Address (SONA) on Monday.
	www.benadorassociates.com /pf.php?id=6065 (1029 words)

	Philippine Headline News Online's CyberForum (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		De la Cruz is safe, a foreign ministry official said Wednesday, after the government began preparations to withdraw its troops in line with the hostage takers' demands.
		De la Cruz was wearing orange overalls, similar to those issued to prisoners at the U.S. Guantanamo Bay detention center, and standing in front of masked captors with automatic weapons.
		At de la Cruz's family home in a rural area north of Manila, relatives were unwilling to talk, having had their hopes raised and shattered before.
	www.network54.com /Forum/5345/viewall-page-67 (14259 words)

	Angelo de la Cruz released Free Dating, Singles and Personals
		On Thursday Angelo landed in Manila airport to a heroes welcome.
		so, saving angelo was like a symbolism that the government support and was concern to the safety of those filipinos working outside our country.
		angelo was not created as a hero but as a symbol of political pride for the filipno people and its government.
	forums.plentyoffish.com /datingPosts57928.aspx (537 words)

	New Yorkers Rally to Demand Removal of Philippine Troops from Iraq
		de la Cruz is a 46 year-old truck driver from Pampanga, and the father of 8 children.
		The demonstration in New York took place simultaneously with the vigils of the de la Cruz family in Mexico, Pampanga, the large peace vigil at Mendiola near the Presidential Palace in Manila, and similar actions around the world.
		Their slow and inadequate response shows a condemnable lack of concern for the life of de la Cruz and other Filipino workers still in Iraq,” said Dan Wilson of NISPOP.
	www.aamovement.net /news/2004/delacruzrally.html (609 words)

	The Manila Times Internet Edition \| METRO > GMA wins video controversy against rival ABS-CBN (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		GMA 7 argued that it did not rebroadcast the “Angelo de la Cruz news footage” sourced from the ABS-CBN and insisted that what it aired was authorized news feed from Reuters and CNN.
		“Presiding from all the foregoing, it is quite clear that admitting the fact that GMA 7 broadcast a 5-second footage of the Angelo de la Cruz arrival, the same is ‘ephemeral recording’ which is permitted under the law, using excerpts for reporting current events,” according to the ruling.
		It will be recalled that de la Cruz, an overseas Filipino worker in Iraq, was kidnapped and held for several weeks by Iraqi militants opposed to the occupation by the United States of their country.
	www.manilatimes.net /national/2005/aug/05/yehey/metro/20050805met9.html (338 words)

	viva angelo de la cruz! (cheesedip.com)
		I've been on tenterhooks since first reading about the abduction of Angelo de la Cruz and the threat of beheading, and hoped my government would do the right thing and that he would go free.
		When the news first broke about Angelo de la Cruz being held hostage, the nation cried for him and for his family.
		But if de la Cruz had been killed, it would've been blood money—we all have family working abroad, he could've been anyone's cousin or uncle, son or father.
	cheesedip.com /2004/07/20/viva_angelo_de_la_cruz.php (700 words)

	Brudirect.com - World Report
		In a tape aired by Aljazeera on Saturday, Angelo de la Cruz pleaded for Filipino troops to leave Iraq.
		De la Cruz, a 46 year-old truck driver, was abducted by a group calling itself the 'Khaled Ibn al-Walid Brigade' linked to the 'Islamic Army in Iraq' as he drove into Iraq from Saudi Arabia.
		But the Philippines said on Saturday it will withdraw its troops from Iraq on schedule in August, and would not bow to the captors demands of an early pullout in exchange for the life of de la Cruz.
	www.brudirect.com /DailyInfo/News/Archive/July04/110704/wn04.htm (341 words)

	Keyword (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Mr de la Cruz when he was still a hostage, before his government caved in to terrorist demands.
		Angelo de la Cruz has come to represent all Filipinos working overseas, and his safety justifies Manila’s decision to pull its troops out of Iraq despite commitments to foreign allies, the President’s spokesman, Ignacio Bunye, said on Saturday.
		The family had been told by the government on Saturday that De la Cruz was about to be freed, but their celebrations turned sour when the militants issued a new threat...
	www.freerepublic.com /focus/keyword?k=filipinohostage (3692 words)

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