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  1. 03-23-2006, 02:07 AM #1
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    Thumbs up Hostages Freed in Iraq

    Excellent, excellent news...

    BREAKING NEWS

    MSNBC News Services
    Updated: 4:47 a.m. ET March 23, 2006

    BAGHDAD, Iraq - A Briton and two Canadians held hostage in Iraq for almost four months have been freed, British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw said Thursday.

    Briton Norman Kember, 74, and Canadians James Loney, 41, and Harmeet Singh Sooden, 32, were freed during a military operation in Baghdad involving British special forces.

    The men, members of an aid group called Christian Peacemaker Teams, were abducted along with American colleague Tom Fox, 54, in Baghdad on Nov. 26. The previously unknown Swords of Righteousness Brigades claimed responsibility.

    The men were shown as prisoners in several videos, the most recent a silent clip dated Feb. 28 in which Loney, Kember and Sooden appeared without Fox. Fox’s body was found March 10 near a west Baghdad railway line with gunshot wounds to his head and chest.

    The three were being checked by doctors and were in the care of consular staff. Lisa Glover, British Embassy spokeswoman in Baghdad, gave no comment on their state of health but said they had spoken to diplomats.

    Glover declined to say where in Iraq the operation took place or whether there were any casualties or arrests made.
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  2. 03-23-2006, 03:18 AM #2
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    Excellent work on the behalf of the British. Sadly to say not all could be saved, but as many as there could be, were.

    Sounds to me like the kind of professionalism and precise skill you might find in the SAS.

    Either way I congradulate their victory and welcome their men back to safety.

    This is the kind of professionalism, success, and well-executed operations that our Coalition is capable of. Hats off to em.
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  3. 03-23-2006, 06:58 AM #3
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    whatever happened to American journalist, Jill Carroll? last i heard she is still captive.
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  4. 03-23-2006, 10:54 AM #4
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    I thought she was still being held captive.
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  5. 03-30-2006, 03:56 AM #5
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    Some good news . . . Jill Carroll was freed!

    http://www.nytimes.com/2006/03/30/in...rtner=homepage
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    Fantastic news!
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    Excellent!
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  8. 03-30-2006, 09:17 AM #8
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    Great news! All their families must be quite relieved.
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  9. 03-30-2006, 10:14 AM #9
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    Quote Originally Posted by nickel
    whatever happened to American journalist, Jill Carroll? last i heard she is still captive.
    Nope. They released her yesterday. Pretty damn cool. She says she was treated rather well, except for the repeated execution threats.
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  10. 03-30-2006, 10:28 AM #10
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    Quote Originally Posted by Houdini
    Nope. They released her yesterday. Pretty damn cool. She says she was treated rather well, except for the repeated execution threats.
    You really do ignore my posts, don't ya?

    See post #5 . . .
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  11. 03-30-2006, 10:37 AM #11
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    Quote Originally Posted by Butch
    You really do ignore my posts, don't ya?

    See post #5 . . .
    Hah! Missed that somehow. Must have scrolled too fast. Sorry.

    But it's good that she's free!!
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