Jeremiah
06-29-2005, 05:26 PM
A Swedish man who was held hostage in Iraq for two months before being released has vowed to take revenge on his kidnappers.
Ulf Hjertstroem, a 63-year-old oil broker, has hired bounty hunters to capture them.
"I want to take them out of the game," he explained.
Mr Hjertstroem shared a cell with another recently released hostage - Australian Douglas Wood.
He said: "I have now put some people to work to find them.
"I have invested about £30,000 so far and we will get them one by one."
Mr Hjertstroem declined to say what fate awaited his kidnappers, but he said two of them had already been captured.
He added: "Vengeance is always important, but that is not my main motive. I want people in Baghdad to be able to walk in the streets again."
Mr Hjertstroem spoke out in the Swedish media about his ordeal.
He described how his captors had killed a number of other prisoners before his eyes. On several occasions they had subjected him to mock executions.
http://www.sky.com/skynews/article/0,,30000-13378952,00.html
Ulf Hjertstroem, a 63-year-old oil broker, has hired bounty hunters to capture them.
"I want to take them out of the game," he explained.
Mr Hjertstroem shared a cell with another recently released hostage - Australian Douglas Wood.
He said: "I have now put some people to work to find them.
"I have invested about £30,000 so far and we will get them one by one."
Mr Hjertstroem declined to say what fate awaited his kidnappers, but he said two of them had already been captured.
He added: "Vengeance is always important, but that is not my main motive. I want people in Baghdad to be able to walk in the streets again."
Mr Hjertstroem spoke out in the Swedish media about his ordeal.
He described how his captors had killed a number of other prisoners before his eyes. On several occasions they had subjected him to mock executions.
http://www.sky.com/skynews/article/0,,30000-13378952,00.html