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Australian held hostage in Iraq rescued
CTV.ca News Staff

Australian hostage Douglas Wood was freed in a military operation by Iraqi troops backed by U.S. forces, said officials Wednesday.

Iraqi militants in Baghdad have been holding Wood hostage since late April, and threatened to kill him if Australia didn't withdraw its troops from Iraq.

The 64-year-old civil engineer and resident of California is now under the protection of Australian troops in Baghdad, announced Australian Prime Minister John Howard.

"Mr. Wood was recovered a short while ago in Baghdad in a military operation that I am told was conducted by Iraqi forces in cooperation in a general way with force elements of the United States," Howard told Australia's Parliament on Wednesday.

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