Posted on 06/19/2005 4:54:57 PM PDT by naturalman1975
PRIME Minister John Howard has denied there was a botched attempt by Australians to rescue hostage Douglas Wood from captivity just 10 days after he was taken.
Mr Wood, who this morning arrived back in Australia after being held hostage for 47 days in Iraq, said he was moved from one house to another about 10 days into his captivity.
But Mr Howard said no Australian was involved in any failed attempt to rescue Mr Wood.
"At no stage did our people do anything inappropriate," he told ABC radio.
"I can also deny explicitly the proposition that in some way any activity by Australian people, by Australian forces, cut short any possibility of Mr Wood being released earlier," he said.
"This suggestion that in some way a botched operation by Australians meant that ... he was not released as early as he might have been – that's completely wrong."
Wow, it's the ultimate straw man.
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