How 200 soldiers saved 3 pacifists - Toronto Star

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How 200 soldiers saved 3 pacifists
`Task Force Black' didn't use its guns
But it took elite team to free hostages
Mar. 25, 2006. 01:00 AM
MICHELLE SHEPHARD
STAFF REPORTER


"Of all the covert operations in Iraq, Task Force Black is among the most secretive.

The British-led group of more than 200 military and intelligence officers, tracks hostages and Iraqi war criminals and employs all the tricks used in domestic investigations.

Using telephone intercepts, satellite photographs and undercover work, and trying to court sources inside Iraq's insurgency, the group is credited with saving the lives of many foreigners.

When four peace activists, including Toronto's Jim Loney and former Montreal resident Harmeet Singh Sooden, were kidnapped Nov. 26 in western Baghdad, the Canadians joined the team.


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