Western hostages

Published January 29, 2006

DUBAI, Jan 28: The captors of four Western peace activists in Iraq said US-led forces had one last chance to free Iraqi prisoners or they would kill the hostages, Al Jazeera television said on Saturday.

The Arabic channel aired a video from the Swords of Truth group, apparently showing the two Canadians, one Briton and one American standing against a wall. The hostages appeared to be speaking to the camera.

Briton Norman Kember, American Tom Fox and Canadians James Loney and Harmeet Sooden were kidnapped on Nov 26 in Baghdad.

—Reuters

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