Could be.
I changed to variations too and still nothing.
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Jeremy Reynalds
P O Box 27693
Alb., NM 87125-7693
www.joyjunction.org
Tel: (505) 400-7145
LAPORTE MAYOR ASKS FOR CONTINUED PRAYER FOR AMERICAN BUSINESSMAN'S SAFE RETURN FROM IRAQ
Image available at LaPorte Chamber of Commerce Website (www.lpchamber.com/ribbon.asp)
It's been more than a month since Indiana businessman Jeffrey Ake was reportedly abducted in Iraq and there is still no word of his whereabouts.
For residents, the lack of news is frustrating, according to LaPorte, Ind. (www.city-data.com/city/La-Porte-Indiana.html) Mayor Leigh Morris.
"People are still very concerned and would like to find a way to help," Morris told the LaPorte Herald-Argus (www.heraldargus.com/content/story.php?storyid=6225). "Without hearing anything or knowing anything, it's uncertain what is happening and it doesn't seem like there is anything that can be done."
In the meantime, Morris urged the community to continue to pray for Ake's safe return.
"I have a feeling anything that can be done to help free Jeff is being done. I know the U.S. government has a policy of not negotiating with terrorists and I understand that, but I'm sure other measures are being taken," Morris told the Herald-Argus.
Rev. Carl Galloway Jr., the pastor of the family's church, LaPorte Missionary Church, declined to comment, the Herald-Argus reported, "out of respect for the family."
The last news of Ake, 47, CEO and president of Equipment Express in Rolling Prairie (www.equipmentexpress24.com/About%20Us/abt-03-22-04.shtml),
came on videotape aired by Al-Jazeera television two days after he was reportedly abducted from a water treatment plant near Baghdad on April 11.
Image of Ake through Aljazeera
The tape, Al Jazeera reported (http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/CBACAB0D-1FAE-4BBE-9565-A34B59144DD1.htm ), showed Ake sitting behind a wooden desk and holding what appeared to be a passport and photo identification, as three men pointed their guns towards him. Ake pleaded with the US administration to open a dialogue with the "Iraqi resistance" and to work towards saving his life. Ake also urged American forces to leave Iraq.
Aljazeera commented that Ake's statements seemed to have been made under what it called "abnormal circumstances."
Aljazeera did not air the audio portion of the video or say how it obtained the tape.
Ake's company was contracted in 2003, the Herald-Argus reported, to build a system to manufacture, label and package water bottles in Iraq to be distributed to the war-torn country. The company also built a machine that fills containers with cooking oil to be used by Iraqis.
The FBI is working on the case. Special Agent Wendy Osborne, of the Indianapolis field office, told the Herald-Argus that there is no new information about the investigation she can currently release publicly.
Ake's wife, Liliana, and their four children have said nothing, the Herald-Argus reported. However, there is a "For Sale" sign outside the family home.
Relatives and friends of the family have also kept quiet. According to the Herald-Argus, Jeff's brother, Greg Ake, was "not available for comment" Monday, according to his wife, and company representatives at Equipment Express refused to comment when asked about the mood at the facility since Ake's disappearance.
Ken Coe, president of radio station WCOE in LaPorte, said callers to the station's talk shows have been puzzled by the silence.
"People are calling wanting to know what's going on, saying it's so quiet it's eerie," he told the Associated Press (AP) earlier this month.
Coe said the family asked the station to try to avoid talking about Ake, saying they feared any attention could endanger his life.
Experts in abductions told the AP there is good reason for the silence.
"The secrecy, or the silence, is beneficial only because every element of information that goes out should be very measured," said former FBI agent Bob Scigalski to the AP. "Just to report something might affect the guy's life. One doesn't know how they will react to it."
No group has yet claimed responsibility for Ake's apparent abduction.
In the days that followed the reported abduction, the Herald-Argus reported, the community planned a prayer vigil, which was later cancelled, and handed out ribbons to show support.
In an effort to raise money for the family, the LaPorte Wal-Mart began selling customized pins two weeks ago that read, "Jeff Ake: In our hearts and prayers, LaPorte, Indiana," beneath prayerful hands. But the Herald-Argus reported that at Liliana Ake's request, the money is instead going to the Rotary Club, of which Ake is a member, for its Shoes for Kids program.
More than 100 pins have been sold so far, Wal-Mart Assistant Manager and Community Involvement Coordinator Brian Bartlette told the Herald-Argus.
The Ake family approved the design before the store began selling the commemorative pins.
"We try to do whatever we can to help families in need," Bartlette told the Herald-Argus.