anti-liberal
04-14-2008, 03:42 PM
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - A British journalist held for two months by kidnappers in the southern Iraqi city of Basra was rescued on Monday by Iraqi forces sweeping through the city in a crackdown on militants, the Iraqi military said.
Richard Butler, a photographer on assignment for the U.S. network CBS, appeared to be in good health and high spirits after his release. Unknown militants had seized Butler and his interpreter from their hotel in the centre of Basra. The interpreter was freed within days.
"The Iraqi army stormed the house and overcame my guards and then burst through the door," said Butler, smiling broadly and surrounded by Iraqi officials in pictures shown on Iraqiya state television.
"I had my hood on, which I had to have on all the time. And they shouted something at me and I pulled my hood off."
"We are incredibly grateful that our colleague, Richard Butler, has been released and is safe," CBS said in a statement....
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080414/ts_nm/iraq_dc
Richard Butler, a photographer on assignment for the U.S. network CBS, appeared to be in good health and high spirits after his release. Unknown militants had seized Butler and his interpreter from their hotel in the centre of Basra. The interpreter was freed within days.
"The Iraqi army stormed the house and overcame my guards and then burst through the door," said Butler, smiling broadly and surrounded by Iraqi officials in pictures shown on Iraqiya state television.
"I had my hood on, which I had to have on all the time. And they shouted something at me and I pulled my hood off."
"We are incredibly grateful that our colleague, Richard Butler, has been released and is safe," CBS said in a statement....
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080414/ts_nm/iraq_dc