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Freed Peace Activists Plan To Head Home From Iraq

HeadlineMar 24, 2006

The recently freed kidnapped members of the Christian Peacemaker Teams are enjoying their first full day of freedom and preparing to head home. On Thursday British, U.S. and Canadian troops raided a home in Baghdad and found the three peace activists. The men — Norman Kember of Britain, and Canadians James Loney and Harmeet Singh Sooden–were alone in a house and reportedly in good condition. It was only after their release that the men learned that their colleague Tom Fox had been killed two weeks earlier. The four men were kidnapped together in November. Following their release, the Christian Peacemaker Team organization vowed to stay in Iraq and continue their efforts in helping the families of jailed Iraqis. In a statement the group said “During these past months, we have tasted of the pain that has been the daily bread of hundreds of thousands of Iraqis… We renew our commitment to work for an end to the war and the occupation of Iraq.” Officials estimate an average of 30 Iraqis are kidnapped every day.

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