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But you'd never know that from our one party media. The incident has gotten a little notice. The few reports there have been have played up the angle that nobody knew Sands had been snatched. Or that his rescue was just "dumb luck" on the part of the Americans.Here is a typical account from the terrorist cheerleaders at UK's Guardian [heavily redacted]: Americans save British hostage no one knew was missing David Smith Sunday January 15, 2006 A British man kidnapped in Iraq and held for five days by armed men who threatened to behead him was rescued last week...

"The rescue was a rare slice of good fortune in Iraq, where yesterday Rizgar Amin, chief judge in the trial of Saddam Hussein, quit in protest at pressure from the Iraqi government on his court, which has already seen two defence lawyers murdered and witnesses threatened."

A British man kidnapped in Iraq and held for five days by armed men who threatened to behead him was rescued last week by American special forces and astonished to discover that no one had noticed he was missing.

Baghdad -- The day after Christmas, as reporter Phil Sands was driving to an interview in a desolate Baghdad neighborhood, two luxury sedans suddenly blocked the way, forcing Sands' driver to stop. About 10 men in ski-masks and AK-47 rifles piled out and swarmed around his car. Sands' translator and driver got out. The masked men pushed them to the ground and handcuffed them. When Sands got out of the car, the men pulled his wool hat down onto his eyes, handcuffed him, stuffed him into the trunk of one of the cars, and sped off. Sands recalled thinking, "I'm...