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| Freed British hostage returns to UK |
| 2010-01-02 |
| [Iran Press TV Latest] British hostage Peter Moore, who was kidnapped in Iraq in 2007, has flown home for a reunion with his family as controversy over his ordeal refuses to die down. Peter Moore, a computer expert, was released unharmed on Wednesday after a two-and-a-half year captivity during which all four of his bodyguards, also Britons, are thought to have been killed. Moore, who flew from Baghdad via Amman in Jordan, was met by officials before being driven to be reunited with his family off-base. Relatives of Moore and of the guards captured with him have meanwhile spoken of their anger at the British government's handling of the matter. The bodies of three bodyguards -- Alec MacLachlan, 30, Jason Swindlehurst, 38, and Jason Creswell, 39 -- were handed over to British officials last year. A fourth bodyguard, Alan McMenemy, 34, is also believed to be dead. Moore had been working for a US management consultancy firm in Iraq, when he was kidnapped. |
| Posted by:Fred |