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Dear Mr. Todd,

By chance I just saw this thread and I would like to wish you luck in finding your daughter Sajida.

I am sure it is difficult to get the ear of Bush or Blair on such a subject. I wonder if you would have more luck trying to contact people lower in command, yet on the ground there (or, who were on the ground there... or who know people on the ground there...). For example (off the top of my head) I know there's a military blogger named "Chief Wiggles" who set up a toy drive for children. I have no reason to think he could personally get you any closer to your goal, but it's worth a shot, as contacting someone like him (you can email him from his page) at least has a chance of getting your request "into the loop" so to speak, if he could pass it along to someone who might be able to get the wheels turning, point you in the right direction, etc. I imagine there are other military bloggers etc. out there, and if you found this website, I'm sure you could find them, I know that all of them would like to help you find your daughter if at all within their power.

Again, best of luck to you sir.

Hello and thanks for posting; I appreciate and accept your good wishes.

You are quite right about the difficulty in getting the ear of Mr Bush or Mr Blair - neither of them has yet responded to faxes I sent them from Iraq last summer or to letters I mailed them last September. The letters contained a full briefing of what happened to me.

I am working with the UK office in Baghdad, the ICRC (Red Cross), my Member of Parliament, various NGO's and others.

When I was captive, some of the soldiers guarding me said it would be a better use of their time if they could help me search for my child! This was a nice thought but it never happened of course; it would have been a good story for Mr Bush though. Still I am hopeful that someone close to him will pick up on my plight and do something to help. When my daugther is found it would be great for the US to say that they had played a part in finding her, especially after I was held as a POW by them.

I'm sure there are members of this forum who can make things happen in Washington, so why can't these people run this story by a few people there?

Thanks for the suggestion anyway Dr. Frank fan; I will check out 'Chief Wiggles' and see what he says.

You are absolutely right about soldiers wanting to help me. As I sat in front of my armed guards for 24 hours every day, there was often a young soldier who said he'd like to do something to find my child. Many of them thought that my detention was "unbelievable", especially as my reason for been in Iraq was fully checkable. Although I was badly treated when first captured, I made friends with some of the soldiers from a different unit who guarded me later on; one of them even invited me to his homecoming!

Best regards, Michael Todd, York, England.