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Article: Australian hostage released in Baghdad military operation, suicide bomber kills 25 Iraqi soldiers at Iraqi army base
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- June 15, 2005
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PATRICK QUINN, Associated Press Writer
AP Worldstream
06-15-2005
Dateline: BAGHDAD, Iraq
Iraqi troops, backed up by U.S. forces, freed an Australian hostage after more than a month in captivity, officials said Wednesday. The release came as a suicide bomber dressed in an Iraqi army uniform walked into an Iraqi mess hall and blew himself up, killing at least 25 Iraqi soldiers and injuring 27.
There were no details available on the operation in Baghdad that led to the release of Douglas Wood, a 64-year-old engineer, who was abducted in late April by a militant group calling itself the Shura Council of the Mujahedeen of Iraq.
The Australian government refused to bend to the kidnappers' demands ...
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