Ridley,Yvonne

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In February 2002 British journalist Yvonne Ridley, who was captured for 10 days by the Taliban in September 2001, claimed, that her own government tried to convince Taliban officials that she was a spy. Yvonne Ridley, who worked for the Sunday Express UK, has written a book (In the hands of the Taliban) about her ordeal, said that her death would have been a public relations success for the British government in the face of anti-war critics. However, according to Ridley, she was treated relatively well, with "respect" and "courtesy." She said, "The Taliban never harmed me physically". Ridley thinks, that the British intelligence tried to kill her. The British Foreign Office denied Ridley's version of events. Ridley was not the only journalist, who was captured by the Taliban. In October 2001, french journalist Michel Peyrard, was arrested by the Taleban after illegally entering Afghanistan dressed as a woman but told the BBC he was being treated well. Peyrard, who worked for Paris Match magazine, and two Pakistani journalists travelling with him have been charged with spying, an offence which carried a death penalty. Another french journalist who was arrested was freed in October 2001, Aziz Zemouri, from Le Figaro magazine, later and handed over to Pakistani authorities in the border city of Peshawar. Author Thierry Meyssan (See HuntTheBoeing) claimed on a press conference in December 2001 in Saudi Arabia, that Michel Peyrard told him how Osama Ben Laden lived openly in Jalalabad, in November 2001, "while the USA bombarded other areas of the country" Source: http://www.reseauvoltaire.net/actu/ligue-arabe.htm