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Article: MI6 'bungled mobile phone clue' in Iraq hostages hunt; INVOLVED: Security consultant Natalie Hicks-Lobbecke.
- Article from:
- The Mail on Sunday (London, England)
- Article date:
- July 13, 2008
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Byline: Jason Lewis
MI6 HAS been accused of a blunder that might have cost the chance of anearly rescue for Britain's so-called forgotten hostages in Iraq.
The Secret Intelligence Service failed to track a mobile phone carried by oneof the men which could have revealed the captives' location, it is alleged.
It was used repeatedly in the weeks after the men were seized by insurgents inBaghdad more than a year ago.
And sophisticated triangulation techniques could have pinpointed the phone'slocation to within a few yards, paving the way for an SAS rescue.
However, MI6 has been accused of failing to follow up the vital lead.
The claim came during a ...