Peter Moore freed after US hands over Iraqi insurgent

Times on line ^ | 12/31/09 | Alice Fordham in Baghdad

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The British hostage Peter Moore was dramatically set free yesterday after the United States handed over an Iraqi insurgent suspected of planning the deaths of five American servicemen.

Mr Moore, an IT consultant, was freed by League of the Righteous, or Asaib al-Haq (AAH) — an extremist Shia group allied to Iran — after 31 months and spent his first night of freedom at the British Embassy in Baghdad. He is expected to fly home today.

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Here's a thread posted on Nov. 11, 09

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1927674/posts

...an Iranian extremist group has demanded the release of Qais Qazali, the leader of the Iranian-backed Qazali network, in exchange for the five Britons...."Senior Iraqi government sources say their captors have promised they will not be harmed but any rescue attempt would endanger them," the Times Online reported. "They claimed the hostages will remain prisoners 'for as long as it takes' to secure the release of Qais Qazali, a former chief spokesman for the Shi’ite Mahdi Army.".

Hmmmm! Does Obama notice that only one person was released ALIVE? How sad for the families of the 4 men who came back in body bags!

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seems to be a habit with these guys