Aban Elias

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Aban Elias an Iraqi-American is a civil engineer from Denver, Colorado. He was kidnapped on May 3, 2004 while working as an engineer on a road building project in Baghdad. He was shown being held hostage in a video on Al Arabiya television station. While, blindfolded and posed against a stone wall, he was shown pleading for help. A transcript provided by Al Arabiya quoted him as saying in English:

“My name is Aban Elias from Denver, Colorado. I am a civil engineer working in Baghdad ... and we are working with the Pentagon. ... I was kidnapped, and I call upon Muslim organizations to interfere to release me.”

He has not been seen or heard from since.