A couple of questions though, on the "execution tape", was her face ever shown? And did the people who provided the tape claim it was her, or was that speculation on the part of the media?
It seems only the portion not covered by the blindfold - although this tape was edited - and so there may be existing tape with more info; but all 'our reports' are of a woman 'blindfolded' who was shot in the back of the head.
Now as to that other report I saw re Margaret being in a distressed condition - emotionally and physically; I found it on Google (it has never, to my knowledge been mentioned on our Media, unless we have watered it down somewhat); it reads (italics/bold mine):
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'Distressing' new video of Iraq hostage Margaret Hassan: Irish PM : AFP: 11/2/2004
DUBLIN, Nov 2 (AFP) - Irish Prime Minister Bertie Ahern told parliament on Tuesday that Arabic television channel Al-Jazeera had received a "disturbing" new video of Margaret Hassan, the British-Irish aid official kidnapped in Iraq.
"Around lunchtime yesterday (Monday) the family of Margaret Hassan were made aware that there was a further video from the captors of Margaret. It was in the hands of Al Jazeera," Ahern said.
Hassan, 59, the head of Iraq operations for leading charity CARE International, was snatched from her car on the way to work in the Iraqi capital on October 19.
"It is a distressing video which was decided by the station, on humanitarian grounds, not to show this. But they did make available early this morning the text of what was on the video," Ahern said.
Ahern told MPs the text of the latest video warns of "dangerous and serious timescales".
Opposition Fine Gael leader Enda Kenny was briefed by Ahern on the video and he revealed further details to the Dail (lower house of parliament).
"Margaret Hassan is not sitting in silence in her cell," Kenny said. "Far from it."
"This video is quite disturbing and it shows Mrs Hassan being subjected to severe physical and psychological pressure in which she is shown to suffer severe emotional and physical distress." Earlier on Tuesday, Ahern and three of Hassan's sisters had made a joint new appeal for her release after they met in Dublin.
Members of the family travelled from London and from Counties Cork and Kerry in the south of Ireland for the meeting.
Foreign Minister Dermot Ahern said the family had requested the meeting in an effort to emphasise that Hassan was Irish.
"They felt that in their contact with people in Baghdad this wasn't getting across as it should be," he said. "They felt that in the recent past the Irishness of Margaret needed to be emphasised more and more."
"She (Hassan) is in a very difficult situation," the foreign minister told RTE radio. "These people (the kidnappers) are clearly upping the ante in relation their demands."
Earlier on Tuesday, Hassan's sister, Deirdre Fitzsimons, made an emotional appeal to the kidnappers to set her free and not to harm her.
Referring to her captors demands to British Prime Minister Tony Blair for the release of women prisoners and not to move British troops from Basra to the Baghdad area, she said, "But we are Irish and we have no influence on the British government.
"Our sister is a friend of Iraq and we beg you to please let her go back to her husband who loves her. Please don't hurt her," she said.
Standing beside her, the Irish prime minister said he was making a direct appeal to those holding Hassan.
"Margaret is an Irish-born woman who has spent the last 30 years in Iraq. She has made her home there, marrying an Iraqi man and becoming a proud Iraqi citizen herself.
"During her time there Margaret has devoted herself to the welfare and support of all the Iraqi people. Through her humanitarian work she has helped countless numbers of Iraqis. She has worked tirelessly and selflessly on their behalf.< P> "Since Margaret was abducted some two weeks ago her husband and her family have endured enormous distress. I cannot imagine the trauma that Margaret herself has experienced. Margaret has no political associations. She represents no one except the vulnerable and the poor.
"Your quarrel is not with Margaret. Nor is it with the Irish people who have been a firm friend of the Arab nation."
Hassan last appeared in a video aired on Al-Jazeera last Wednesday appealing to London to withdraw its troops from Iraq and not to deploy around Baghdad.
She also asked for the release of Iraqi women prisoners.
No group has come out to claim responsibility for her kidnapping Hassan, who is married to an Iraqi, but has dual British-Irish citizenship.
11/02/2004 19:57 GMT - AFP Copyright © 2004 Agence France Presse
It is a report from Ireland; but copied in the Turkish Press. . .(Turkish Press.com)