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04-11-2004, 12:44 PM
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Kidnapped Briton freed: Al-Jazeera
From correspondents in Doha, Qatar
April 12, 2004
A BRITISH citizen kidnapped in the southern Iraqi city of Nasiriyah has been released, Qatar's Al-Jazeera satellite channel reported today, citing its correspondent in the area.
Gary Teeley, who was abducted in the Shiite Muslim town six days ago, has been freed and "turned over to coalition authorities, who moved him to a military base", it said.
Teeley was freed "with the help of Arab tribes in the region", the news channel added.
The British Foreign Office had said on Friday Teeley appeared to have been abducted. He went missing in Nasiriyah on Monday.
Teeley, 37, was described as a civilian consultant for a dye works. Unconfirmed reports said he might have been abducted as he and colleagues left a US air force base where they worked.
He is one of several foreigners taken hostage in Iraq over the past week, notably three Japanese civilians whose captors are reportedly still threatening to execute them unless Japan pulls its troops out of the war-ravaged country.
Hopefully the first of many.
God Bless.
Kidnapped Briton freed: Al-Jazeera
From correspondents in Doha, Qatar
April 12, 2004
A BRITISH citizen kidnapped in the southern Iraqi city of Nasiriyah has been released, Qatar's Al-Jazeera satellite channel reported today, citing its correspondent in the area.
Gary Teeley, who was abducted in the Shiite Muslim town six days ago, has been freed and "turned over to coalition authorities, who moved him to a military base", it said.
Teeley was freed "with the help of Arab tribes in the region", the news channel added.
The British Foreign Office had said on Friday Teeley appeared to have been abducted. He went missing in Nasiriyah on Monday.
Teeley, 37, was described as a civilian consultant for a dye works. Unconfirmed reports said he might have been abducted as he and colleagues left a US air force base where they worked.
He is one of several foreigners taken hostage in Iraq over the past week, notably three Japanese civilians whose captors are reportedly still threatening to execute them unless Japan pulls its troops out of the war-ravaged country.
Hopefully the first of many.
God Bless.