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Previous Page British Hostage Norman Kember Freed
Thursday, March 23, 2006
Source: Ananova
British hostage Norman Kember and two colleagues have been freed in Iraq, Foreign Secretary Jack Straw said.
Special forces released the men during an operation in Baghdad.
The Foreign Office appeared unable to confirm the news, but Mr Straw spoke to the BBC to announce the release and to say he had already spoken to Mr Kember's wife Pat.
Mr Straw said the military operation was a team effort which involved British forces.
Mr Kember, a retired professor, was seized during a peace mission to Baghdad on November 26.
The 74-year-old grandfather, a former medical physicist at a teaching hospital, was taken hostage with three fellow peace campaigners.
Mr Kember, 74, from Pinner, north-west London, was visiting the country with Christian Peacemaker Teams, a Canada-based international peace group.
The other men were Canadians James Loney, 41, and Harmeet Singh Sooden, 32, and an American, Tom Fox, 54.
Mr Fox was found shot dead in Baghdad earlier this month in the affluent Mansour district. There were signs that he had been beaten before being killed. The grim news raised the prospect that Mr Kember might meet the same fate.
Peace campaigner Bruce Kent, a friend of Mr Kember who has been involved in weekly vigils for his release since his capture, told Sky News: "This is news beyond belief. In this awful mess of Baghdad thank God there is one bright light anyway."
Another good job by the SAS
Previous Page British Hostage Norman Kember Freed
Thursday, March 23, 2006
Source: Ananova
British hostage Norman Kember and two colleagues have been freed in Iraq, Foreign Secretary Jack Straw said.
Special forces released the men during an operation in Baghdad.
The Foreign Office appeared unable to confirm the news, but Mr Straw spoke to the BBC to announce the release and to say he had already spoken to Mr Kember's wife Pat.
Mr Straw said the military operation was a team effort which involved British forces.
Mr Kember, a retired professor, was seized during a peace mission to Baghdad on November 26.
The 74-year-old grandfather, a former medical physicist at a teaching hospital, was taken hostage with three fellow peace campaigners.
Mr Kember, 74, from Pinner, north-west London, was visiting the country with Christian Peacemaker Teams, a Canada-based international peace group.
The other men were Canadians James Loney, 41, and Harmeet Singh Sooden, 32, and an American, Tom Fox, 54.
Mr Fox was found shot dead in Baghdad earlier this month in the affluent Mansour district. There were signs that he had been beaten before being killed. The grim news raised the prospect that Mr Kember might meet the same fate.
Peace campaigner Bruce Kent, a friend of Mr Kember who has been involved in weekly vigils for his release since his capture, told Sky News: "This is news beyond belief. In this awful mess of Baghdad thank God there is one bright light anyway."
Another good job by the SAS