THE TELEGRAPH: A British hostage seized in Baghdad has been paraded in a video and forced to demand the release of Iraqi prisoners.
The video of the man, a computer expert who was kidnapped nine months ago in Baghdad along with four British security contractors, was broadcast on the al-Arabiya satellite news channel. The man identifies himself as Peter before his words are dubbed into Arabic.
He then appeals to Gordon Brown to release nine Iraqi prisoners in exchange for the five Britons.
"It's as simple as that," he said. "It's a simple exchange of people ... That's all they want. Just to have their people released and we can go home.
"I miss my family a lot and the only thing I want is to get out of here. I tell Gordon Brown: Free their prisoners and we can go home." Kidnappers Parade British Hostage on Arab TV >>> By Tim Butcher, Middle East Correspondent
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