Rifat Mohammed Rifat

Rifat Mohammed Rifat is an Iraq born Canadian citizen who was last seen in Iraq on April 8, 2004, and confirmed by the Canadian government to have been taken hostage there. Similarly to the Fadi Ihsan Fadel situation, the government is trying to emphasize that Rifat is Canadian. Minister of Foreign Affairs Bill Graham appeard on al-Jazeera television to make the appeal to his captors.