British Hostage Peter Moore Freed In Iraq

Sirius · 30-12-2009, 15:27

British hostage Peter Moore has been released alive from captivity in Iraq, the Foreign Office has said.

Mr Moore, an IT consultant from Lincoln, was seized at the Iraqi Ministry of Finance in Baghdad in May 2007.

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

This is good news

papa smurf · 30-12-2009, 15:35

nice ending

Osem · 30-12-2009, 15:36

Best Xmas pressie anyone could have eh?

Delta Whiskey · 30-12-2009, 18:02

That's great news for his family. My sympathies are with the families of the four bodyguards, three are dead the other presumed so.

**Hugh** · 30-12-2009, 18:52

Excellent news.

SB_07 · 31-12-2009, 17:42

Nice to see he's been well treated (unlike the others) Kind of ironic how some of these western hostages get treated better than Iraqi/Afghan prisoners, and inmates at Gitmo.

His family must be over the moon.

Sirius · 31-12-2009, 18:10

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Nice to see he's been well treated (unlike the others) Kind of ironic how some of these western hostages get treated better than Iraqi/Afghan prisoners, and inmates at Gitmo.

His family must be over the moon.

However all the prisoners in Guantanamo Bay detention camp and the other prisons kept there heads. The same cannot be said for the majority of the western hostages who were held then executed with a kitchen knife, You call that well treated

SB_07 · 01-01-2010, 00:08

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However all the prisoners in Guantanamo Bay detention camp and the other prisons kept there heads. The same cannot be said for the majority of the western hostages who were held then executed with a kitchen knife, You call that well treated

I think alot of them would rather be dead than have suffered mental/physical torture for nearly 9 years with no charges against them, being degraded daily.

Learn to look at both sides

Sirius · 01-01-2010, 11:53

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I think alot of them would rather be dead than have suffered mental/physical torture for nearly 9 years with no charges against them, being degraded daily.

Learn to look at both sides

Are you real ?

Mr Angry · 01-01-2010, 12:55

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Are you real ?

It would appear so.

Sirius · 01-01-2010, 12:58

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It would appear so.

Then i stand corrected sir.

However it was there decision, The same cannot be said for the poor souls who were beheaded by a bunch of terrorist nutters in the name of a religion

**Chris** · 01-01-2010, 13:03

I can't help wondering what was motivating the kidnappers to keep hold of him for so long. Not just him, but the likes of Terry Waite, Brian Keenan and others. I mean, two and a half years is a long time to be holding on to someone, feeding and keeping them. How does it take them so long to realise they're not going to get what they want, and ultimately what motivates them to release rather than kill their captive?

Sirius · 01-01-2010, 13:06

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I can't help wondering what was motivating the kidnappers to keep hold of him for so long. Not just him, but the likes of Terry Waite, Brian Keenan and others. I mean, two and a half years is a long time to be holding on to someone, feeding and keeping them. How does it take them so long to realise they're not going to get what they want, and ultimately what motivates them to release rather than kill their captive?

That is a very good question.

Mr Angry · 01-01-2010, 13:38

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I can't help wondering what was motivating the kidnappers to keep hold of him for so long. Not just him, but the likes of Terry Waite, Brian Keenan and others. I mean, two and a half years is a long time to be holding on to someone, feeding and keeping them. How does it take them so long to realise they're not going to get what they want, and ultimately what motivates them to release rather than kill their captive?

Chris, I think it's more a case of them holding on to certain hostages for longer as they are, contrary to what certain Governments might want people to believe, negotiating exactly what they will get in return. If it were the case that no hostage situation ever "paid off" from their perspective then you're right - it simply wouldn't be worth their while.

A cursory look around the web in relation to Mr Moores situation (both during his time in captivity and subsequently as a free man) is very revealing - especially when one considers the "coincidental" release of certain prisoners on or about the same time that bodies (and indeed Mr Moore) have been released.

Another interesting facet to this particular case is the fact that his bodyguards were considered combatants (a nod to the status of Guantanamo detainees) by their captors and have been executed as such.

There are very clear messages being sent here - one only needs to look for them.

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However it was there decision

I don't think any of them "decided" to be detained in Guantanamo and, faced with the conditions many allege they have had to endure, suicide is not much of a "choice".

Factually speaking neither partys treatment of their captors can be considered humane.

That said, both sides consider themselves to be fighting a just war and killing in the name of something or other - whether that be democracy or a religion is of little comfort to the victims or their families.