Handout picture released by German television ARD shows a blindfolded German woman (3rdR) sitting with her driver, after they were taken hostage in Iraq, in the region of Ninawa, in the northwest of the country. The woman, 43-year-old Susanne Osthoff, is a trained archaeologist from the southern state of Bavaria who had been doing aid work in Iraq for several years. She is described as active in Iraq for several years, a convert to Islam and fluent in Arabic. (Photo: Xinhua/AFP)

This is an image taken from an Arab Satellite TV channel of two of four peace activists taken hostage in Iraq and broadcast Tuesday Nov. 29, 2005. A previously unknown group claiming responsibility for the kidnapping The Swords of Righteousness Brigade said the four were spies working undercover as Christian peace activists, al-Jazeera television news reported. A British passport belonging to Norman Kember was also shown in the broadcast. A white-haired man, shown in the passport photograph, could also be seen sitting, at left, on a floor next to three other men in the video. The other man is unidentified. (Photo: Xinhua/REUTERS)

A video grab taken from Zl-Jazeera television shows two of the four foreigners taken hostage in Iraq. Four Westerners who were kidnapped in Iraq over the weekend work for Christian Peacemaker Teams, the organization said in a statement. (Photo: Xinhua/REUTERS)