U.S. says five Britons kidnapped in Iraq still alive

Source: Reuters

U.S. says five Britons kidnapped in Iraq still alive
Tue Sep 4, 2007 9:32AM EDT

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - The U.S. military believes that
five Britons, a computer expert and four bodyguards,
kidnapped in Baghdad in May are still alive, a top U.S.
general said on Tuesday.

"We track every day where we think they might be,"
said Lieutenant-General Raymond Odierno, the day-to-
day commander of U.S. troops in Iraq. "We have reason
to think that they are still alive," he said without
elaborating.

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Odierno said rogue elements of fiery anti-American Shi'ite
cleric Moqtada al-Sadr's Mehdi Army militia were suspected
of being behind the abductions.

Sadr last week ordered the suspension of all Mehdi Army
operations for up to six months, in what was seen as a
move to reestablish his control over the militia, which
the U.S. military says has fragmented into splinter groups.

"If you really want to have a ceasefire ... where are these
hostages? Tell us about these hostages, we think that's
something we should talk to them about," Odierno said.

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I do hope they find them well and they can go home.