I know this is quite close to some of your hearts....
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[url]http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/8435075.stm[/URL]
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[h1]UK hostage Peter Moore released alive in Iraq [/h1]
Peter Moore was previously seen in a video released by the kidnappers
British hostage Peter Moore has been released alive from captivity in Iraq, Foreign Secretary David Miliband said. He said Mr Moore, an IT consultant from Lincoln who was seized in Baghdad in May 2007, was in good health and "absolutely delighted at his release".
Mr Miliband said the Moore family felt deep relief after two-and-a-half years of "misery, fear and uncertainty".
Three fellow guards seized at the same time were later shot dead and a fifth man is also believed to be dead.
Alan McMenemy, a security guard from Glasgow, was also taken hostage in Iraq but the Foreign Secretary said he believed he had been killed and called for the release of his body.
Mr Moore had been working for US management consultancy Bearingpoint in Iraq. The other men were security contractors employed to guard him.
The bodies of Jason Swindlehurst, from Skelmersdale, Lancashire, and Jason Creswell, of Glasgow, were returned to the UK in June 2009, followed by that of Alec MacLachlan, of Llanelli, Carmarthenshire, in September.
The group was captured at the Iraqi Ministry of Finance by about 40 men disguised as Iraqi policemen.
They were understood to belong to an obscure militia known as Islamic Shia Resistance, which demanded the release of up to nine of their associates held in US military custody since early 2007.
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Coutesy of the BBC
[url]http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/8435075.stm[/URL]
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[h1]UK hostage Peter Moore released alive in Iraq [/h1]
British hostage Peter Moore has been released alive from captivity in Iraq, Foreign Secretary David Miliband said. He said Mr Moore, an IT consultant from Lincoln who was seized in Baghdad in May 2007, was in good health and "absolutely delighted at his release".
Mr Miliband said the Moore family felt deep relief after two-and-a-half years of "misery, fear and uncertainty".
Three fellow guards seized at the same time were later shot dead and a fifth man is also believed to be dead.
Alan McMenemy, a security guard from Glasgow, was also taken hostage in Iraq but the Foreign Secretary said he believed he had been killed and called for the release of his body.
Mr Moore had been working for US management consultancy Bearingpoint in Iraq. The other men were security contractors employed to guard him.
The bodies of Jason Swindlehurst, from Skelmersdale, Lancashire, and Jason Creswell, of Glasgow, were returned to the UK in June 2009, followed by that of Alec MacLachlan, of Llanelli, Carmarthenshire, in September.
The group was captured at the Iraqi Ministry of Finance by about 40 men disguised as Iraqi policemen.
They were understood to belong to an obscure militia known as Islamic Shia Resistance, which demanded the release of up to nine of their associates held in US military custody since early 2007.
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Walks