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2008-04-19 Iraq

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Posted by 2008-04-19 16:58|| || Front Page|| [6 views ] Top

#1 five days after a kidnapped British journalist, Richard Butler, was rescued in Basra, apparently from the home of a Mahdi army officer

Did I miss that news before? I knew he was released, but not the Mahdi connection. I thought it was just another kidnap/ransom gang

Posted by Frank G">Frank G 2008-04-19 17:35|| 2008-04-19 17:35|| Front Page Top

#2 I wonder if this was done specifically to help the English regain face?

Posted by Anonymoose 2008-04-19 18:53|| 2008-04-19 18:53|| Front Page Top

#3 mosse my thoughts exactly, but was they just shooting into open fields or actually enmy

Posted by sinse 2008-04-19 20:43|| 2008-04-19 20:43|| Front Page Top

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