Middle East
Foreign Office plays down Iranian role in kidnapping
Patrick Cockburn: Allegations that Peter Moore and his four guards were taken as part of a 'tit-for-tat' covert war with Tehran have been dismissed as 'speculation'.
Inside Middle East
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Friday, 1 January 2010
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Thursday, 31 December 2009
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Thursday, 31 December 2009
The United States' former commander in Iraq said he was "90 per cent certain" that former hostage Peter Moore was held in Iran for some of his two-and-a-half years in captivity, according to reports today.
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Thursday, 31 December 2009
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Thursday, 31 December 2009
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Thursday, 31 December 2009
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Wednesday, 30 December 2009
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