It appears we haven't been just sitting on our hands since these people were kidnapped.
Covert ops team worked for months in Iraq
JEFF SALLOT
From Friday's Globe and Mail
OTTAWA — The work of a secret team of Canadian soldiers, police officers, spies and diplomats in Baghdad came to a successful conclusion yesterday in a raid that rescued two Canadians and one Briton who had been held hostage for almost four months, federal officials say.
Mounties and members of a Canadian special forces unit joined British and U.S. troops, who led in the rescue.
The entire Canadian team, numbering at times more than 20, has been on the ground in Baghdad, working quietly since shortly after the kidnappings on Nov. 26.
In addition to members of the RCMP and the military's special forces, the team included diplomats and intelligence officers, Foreign Affairs Minister Peter MacKay said.
"We were there with our very best," Mr. MacKay said in an interview. "We had everyone fully engaged in this operation from Day 1."
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Covert ops team worked for months in Iraq
JEFF SALLOT
From Friday's Globe and Mail
OTTAWA — The work of a secret team of Canadian soldiers, police officers, spies and diplomats in Baghdad came to a successful conclusion yesterday in a raid that rescued two Canadians and one Briton who had been held hostage for almost four months, federal officials say.
Mounties and members of a Canadian special forces unit joined British and U.S. troops, who led in the rescue.
The entire Canadian team, numbering at times more than 20, has been on the ground in Baghdad, working quietly since shortly after the kidnappings on Nov. 26.
In addition to members of the RCMP and the military's special forces, the team included diplomats and intelligence officers, Foreign Affairs Minister Peter MacKay said.
"We were there with our very best," Mr. MacKay said in an interview. "We had everyone fully engaged in this operation from Day 1."
More:http://tinyurl.com/funam
