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US hostage freed by Iraq militia after nine months
Published: 2:12PM Sunday March 18, 2012 Source: Reuters
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Still image taken from video shows American former soldier Michaels on television wearing a US military uniform during a news conference in Baghdad - Source: Reuters
A militia loyal to Iraqi Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr has freed an American former soldier after holding him captive in Baghdad for nine months.
The American, identified as Randy Michael Hultz, was shown on television in a US military uniform with no insignia, flanked by two members of parliament from Sadr's movement, including the parliament's first deputy speaker.
He was handed over to the United Nations mission in Baghdad, which transferred him to the US embassy. Washington confirmed he was a US citizen but released no further details.
In brief remarks to Iraqi journalists hastily convened to witness his release, Hultz said he had deployed to Iraq in 2003 and initially served there as a soldier for 15 months.
He remained in Iraq "in a civilian capacity from then until June of 2011, when I was taken hostage by elements of Yom al-Maoud," he said, referring to the Promised Day Brigade, an offshoot of Sadr's Mehdi Army militia.
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http://tvnz.co.nz/world-news/us-hostage-freed-iraq-militia-after-nine-months-4782056 (http://tvnz.co.nz/world-news/us-hostage-freed-iraq-militia-after-nine-months-4782056)
Quote from: jimmy olsen on March 18, 2012, 06:06:53 PM
I wonder why they decided to release him now? :hmm:
They have finally come to terms with fact that nobody is interested in paying for him.
Quote from: Razgovory on March 18, 2012, 06:32:19 PM
Quote from: jimmy olsen on March 18, 2012, 06:06:53 PM
I wonder why they decided to release him now? :hmm:
They have finally come to terms with fact that nobody is interested in paying for him.
I don't think that's how their business model works.