Canadian hostages freed in covert raid in Iraq

Three Western aid workers — including two Canadians — kidnapped in Iraq four months ago were freed Thursday in a covert rescue effort mounted by coalition forces in the war-torn nation.

The Iraqi Interior Ministry said the three captives were rescued in a joint U.S.-British operation. The three were Torontonian James Loney, 41; former Montreal resident Harmeet Singh Sooden, 32, and Briton Norman Kember, 74.

A fourth captive, 54-year-old American Tom Fox, was found dead about two weeks ago

In a brief statement issued by Mr. Kember through the British embassy in Baghdad, he said simply: "It is great to be free. I am looking forward to getting back to the U.K."

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