in Iraq London, Oct 23, SPA -- The British and Irish governments havecalled for the immediate release of Margaret Hassan, thekidnapped director of CARE International in Iraq, withLondon saying the videotape showing her crying was"extremely distressing." "I have the greatest sympathy for what her family issuffering," British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw in astatement late Friday. "Margaret Hassan has spent morethan 30 years working for the Iraqi people. We hope allIraqis will join us in calling for her immediate release." "The video of Margaret Hassan which has been released byher kidnappers is extremely distressing," he said. The video, aired by the Arabic television stationAl-Jazeera on Friday, showed her weeping and pleading withBritish Prime Minister Tony Blair to withdraw his country'stroops from Iraq. She said she might be killed like British hostage KennethBigley, who was beheaded by his captors earlier this month. Hassan, an Irish-British-Iraqi national, was abductedTuesday in Baghdad. She had been doing relief work in Iraqfor three decades.--more1610 Local Time 1310 GMT www.spa.gov.sa/212794