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April 29, 2008 By Associated Press
NEW YORK – CBS News journalist Richard Butler said he believes he was kidnapped in Iraq by policemen with sympathies toward Hezbollah but isn't entirely sure who held him captive for two months or why.
Butler, a British journalist kidnapped with his interpreter on Feb. 10, was rescued by Iraqi troops April 14 when he was found with a sack over his head in a house in Basra.
He was taken from a hotel room in Basra, where he was on a trip to meet the chief of staff for anti-U.S. cleric Muqtada al-Sadr, Butler told CBS News' Allen Pizzey. Portions of the interview were being shown on the “CBS Evening News” yesterday.
Men wearing police fatigue uniforms and armed with AK-47 assault rifles hustled him out of the room and into a car. He was first taken to a police station in Basra and then was held in different places.
While Butler was held, he heard a lot of Hezbollah propaganda videos and Hezbollah ringtones on mobile phones, but he said he can't be sure his captors were affiliated with the organization.
After continuing to recover at his house in France, Butler said he wants to go back to reporting in the world's danger spots. He doesn't plan to go back to Basra anytime soon, however.
April 29, 2008 By Associated Press
NEW YORK – CBS News journalist Richard Butler said he believes he was kidnapped in Iraq by policemen with sympathies toward Hezbollah but isn't entirely sure who held him captive for two months or why.
Butler, a British journalist kidnapped with his interpreter on Feb. 10, was rescued by Iraqi troops April 14 when he was found with a sack over his head in a house in Basra.
He was taken from a hotel room in Basra, where he was on a trip to meet the chief of staff for anti-U.S. cleric Muqtada al-Sadr, Butler told CBS News' Allen Pizzey. Portions of the interview were being shown on the “CBS Evening News” yesterday.
Men wearing police fatigue uniforms and armed with AK-47 assault rifles hustled him out of the room and into a car. He was first taken to a police station in Basra and then was held in different places.
While Butler was held, he heard a lot of Hezbollah propaganda videos and Hezbollah ringtones on mobile phones, but he said he can't be sure his captors were affiliated with the organization.
After continuing to recover at his house in France, Butler said he wants to go back to reporting in the world's danger spots. He doesn't plan to go back to Basra anytime soon, however.