Baghdad, Oct 21, SPA -- The husband of the kidnapped directorof CARE International made a plea in Baghdad Thursday forher release, saying she has spent her life helping Iraqis. Margaret Hassan, the head of operations in Iraq for theinternational charity, was abducted on her way to workearly Tuesday by gunmen who blocked her route and draggedthe driver and a companion from the car, said her husbandTahseen Ali Hassan. During a press conference, Hassan, an Iraqi national,addressed the kidnappers, saying: "Release my wife. She'sIraqi; she's working for a humanitarian organization and Iask you to release her." Hassan, who is in her early 60s, has worked in Iraq forthree decades and is among the most widely knownhumanitarian officials in the Middle East.--SPA1324 Local Time 1024 GMT www.spa.gov.sa/212400