Body of British hostage given to Iraq authorities

[oldironside]

The body of a third British hostage in Iraq was today delivered to Iraqi officials in an apparent step closer to freedom for the only one of five kidnapped Britons now thought to be alive, the computer programmer Peter Moore.

The Iraqi army and a security company retained by the British embassy received the remains around midday. The body is believed to be that of either Alan Maclachlan, from Dumbarton, Scotland, or Alec McMenemy, from Glasgow.

The families of both men were told in August that they had almost certainly been killed.

The two, who worked for the Canadian security firm GardaWorld, were captured in Baghdad in 2007, along with fellow security guards Jason Swindlehurst and Jason Creswell – whose bodies were found in June this year – and the man they were guarding, IT consultant Peter Moore.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2009/sep/02/body-third-british-hostage-iraq

[Nihil]

1. Not a "hostage", just another merc ...

... who was supposed to have been guarding the actual hostage
(in order to prevent him becoming a hostage) ...

:nopity:

[oldironside]

2. He was still some mother's son and...

"...any man's death diminishes me, because I am involved in mankind; and therefore never send to know for whom the bell tolls; it tolls for thee."
John Donne

[Nihil]

3. He was an adult who chose to be a merc in a foreign land for money.

Save the poetry for someone who deserves it (like maybe some of the
Afghani & Iraqi children who have been raped, maimed and murdered
by his ilk).

[oldironside]

4. I didn't realise you knew him...

... an your humanity does you great credit.

[Nihil]

6. Thank you.

> your humanity does you great credit.

FWIW, I find that true humanity is frequently lacking
in people who pretend that all deaths are equal. YMMV.

:shrug:

[LeftishBrit]

5. Agreed.