British Hostage Released

[Jordy]

No other news on it at the moment other than the fact he's been released, not quite sure why though. Been held hostage for well over 2 years now. Still another one kept hostage though.

British hostage Peter Moore has been released alive from captivity in Iraq, Foreign Secretary David Miliband said.

He said Mr Moore, an IT consultant from Lincoln who was seized in Baghdad in May 2007, was in good health and "absolutely delighted at his release".
Three fellow guards seized at the same time were later shot dead and their bodies flown back to the UK.

Alan McMenemy, a security guard from Glasgow, is understood to remain a hostage in Iraq.

Mr Moore had been working for US management consultancy Bearingpoint in Iraq. The other men were security contractors employed to guard him.
The bodies of Jason Swindlehurst, from Skelmersdale, Lancashire, and Jason Creswell, of Glasgow, were returned to the UK in June 2009, followed by that of Alec MacLachlan, of Llanelli, Carmarthenshire, in September.
The group was captured at the Iraqi Ministry of Finance by about 40 men disguised as Iraqi policemen.

They were understood to belong to an obscure militia known as Islamic Shia Resistance, which demanded the release of up to nine of their associates held in US military custody since early 2007.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/8435075.stm

[luce]

that's great news that one of them have been released 2 years is a hell of a long time to be treated like they treat them

[Ajthedragon]

Good news.

[Richie]

that's great news that he has been released, he can now go home and see his family. Will he receive compensation from the british government?