Peace Activists Freed by Coalition Forces

The so-called "peace activists" who were kidnapped in Iraq four months ago have been found and freed by coalition forces:

Three Western peace workers who were held hostage in Iraq for four months were freed in a military operation today, two weeks after their American colleague was killed in captivity.

The three men - James Loney, 41, and Harmeet Singh Sooden, 32, both from Canada; and Norman Kember, 74, of Britain - had been kidnapped last November along with the American man, Tom Fox, in Baghdad.

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The men were freed by multinational forces in a military operation. In London, the British foreign secretary, Jack Straw, said that the mission included British forces.

"It follows weeks and weeks of very careful work by military and coalition personnel in Iraq and many civilians as well," Mr. Straw said, adding that it involved a number of countries, including Canadian personnel.

In an amazingly low class snub, the official statement from the "peace" group indicated that the kidnapped idiots were freed, but made no mention whatsoever that it was military forces that freed them. In fact, they went out of their way to blame the coalition forces for their kidnapping.

"We believe that the illegal occupation of Iraq by Multinational Forces is the root cause of the insecurity which led to this kidnapping and so much pain and suffering in Iraq. The occupation must end.

Ingrates. We shouldn't have wasted our military assets looking for these morons.