Iraq link to hostage played down

Claims that Iran masterminded the kidnap of five British contractors in Baghdad were played down by UK and Iraqi officials tonight. The release of computer expert Peter Moore after more than two and a half years in captivity sparked fresh questions about

Britain, Iran downplay Tehran link to Iraq hostages (AFP)

LONDON (AFP) Britain and Iran downplayed Thursday a report that the 2007 kidnapping of a British computer expert and his bodyguards in Iraq was led by Iran's Revolutionary Guard and that they were held there. Peter Moore was freed unharmed Wednesday

Britain, Iran downplay Tehran link to Iraq hostages

Britain and Iran downplayed Thursday a report that the 2007 kidnapping of a British computer expert and his bodyguards in Iraq was led by Iran's Revolutionary Guard and that they were held there. Peter Moore was freed unharmed Wednesday after a

Bomb attacks in Iraq: 30 killed, provincial governor wounded

RAMADI (Iraq), Dec 30: Blasts in central and western Iraq killed 30 people and wounded the Anbar provincial governor on Wednesday, the latest in a series of attacks in recent months against government targets in Iraq. The worst violence struck the

Miliband: British national freed in Iraq

British Foreign Secretary David Miliband said Wednesday a British national held hostage in Iraq since 2007 has been freed by his captors. Miliband confirmed Peter Moore of Lincoln, England, was freed Wednesday morning and is currently at the British

Three blasts rock Iraq’s Anbar province

Three suicide blasts in Ramada, Iraq, killed 14 people, including Anbar province government officials, Iraqi officials said. Reports conflicted about whether two of Anbar province's leaders were among the dead, the Kuwaiti news service KUNA reported. The

Top 10′ No. 2: CT Troops In Iraq & Afghanistan

Past wars have kept the home front busy with victory gardens and ration cards, massive protests and peace music. The ongoing wars in Iraq and Afghanistan haven't permeated Main Street as deeply, but the separation, camaraderie and loss common to all wars

Victory for Iraqi leather workers

Federation of Workers' Councils and Unions in Iraq From the Federation of Workers' Councils and Unions in Iraq, December 2009. After one of the longest strikes in the history of the Iraqi workers' movement, the workers in leather production achieved a

After Briton’s release, Iraq court may free militant

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraq said on Thursday its judges could soon free the leader of a Shi'ite group believed to be behind the 2007 kidnapping of Briton Peter Moore if they found no criminal evidence, only a day after the hostage was released. Government

Iran denies link to 2007 kidnap of Britons in Iraq

TEHRAN (AFP) Iran denied a British media report that the abduction of a British computer expert in Iraq in 2007 had been masterminded by the elite Revolutionary Guards, television reported. 'These claims are baseless,' Iranian foreign ministry spokesman

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