Fairuz Yamulky is an Iraqi-born Canadian, from Calgary, Alberta, who was working in Iraq for GSF Cement and Sand Company, when she was kidnapped and held captive for 16 days in northern Iraq. Yamulky was kidnapped on September 6, 2004, when she was on her way to Fallujah. Her driver and a colleague were not taken. According to her family, kidnappers threatened to execute her, unless they were paid $2.5 million and 50 Iraqi prisoners were released.