awesome news…with a sad footnote

The three surviving members of the Christian Peacemaker Teams, who were held hostage for four months, have been released.

BBC reports they were rescued at around 8 am local time (it would’ve been around midnight ET), in an effort spearheaded by British troops, with support from US and Canadian special forces. No one was hurt.

From The Guardian: Prominent Muslims also backed the hostages’ release. Anas Altikriti, a leading Muslim member of the British anti-war movement, flew to Baghdad to try to secure their release and the Muslim Association of Britain made an international appeal.

The fourth member, Tom Fox, had been found dead nearly two weeks ago. May he rest in peace.

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