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US POW Has New Zealand Citizenship
A USA based news agency has
named one of the American POW’s as Sgt. James Riley, who
also holds New Zealand citizenship. Riley is reported as
having lived in New Zealand until the age of ten
years.
Newsday.com reports that Riley is one of five USA
prisoners of war captured and held by Iraq. Scoop published
photographs of the POWs yesterday, see…
U.S. POWs Shown On Al Jazeera TV …
Newsday.com
reports: “In an interview on MSNBC, his [Riley’s]
parents said the family lived in New Zealand until Riley was
10, then moved to Pennsauken. Riley graduated from
Pennsauken High School, according to his mother, Jean.
Riley's father described his son as ‘stubborn’."
”In
a video clip that aired Sunday on Iraqi television, Riley
identified himself by speaking into a microphone thrust in
front of him by his captors. With his hands in his lap, he
answered questions in a clipped fashion and said he was with
the 507th Maintenance Co, part of the 111th Air Defense
Artillery Brigade, stationed in Fort Bliss, Texas,”
Newsday.com reports.
Click here for the Newsday.com article…
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