[theophilusscribe]

Hi Prairiebreeze,

"American civil rights leader the Rev. Jesse Jackson said Sunday that he has "had prayer" with the wife of Thomas Hamill, an American contractor abducted in Iraq, and promised his family he would try to win his freedom."

Here's the link:http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1119993/posts

[prairiebreeze]

Perhaps I misunderstood your intent, as it seemed you were saying the Jesse was actively negotiating for the hostages release, perhaps even in Iraq. The CNN link you provide mentions him only being "willing" and "trying to contact" Arab newsmedia and this from 2 weeks ago.

I have little doubt that if Jesse were truly, actively involved, the media especially CNN would have been covering it and we'd know ALL about it.

So I still don't think it's anything more than posturing on Jesse's part. He has a deep seated need to be in the spotlight sometimes. He jumped at this chance, even when there is really no story behind it.

Prairie