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‘In the snap of a finger’ we were taken hostage in Baghdad

Canadian peace activist James Loney talks about his new book, Captivity: 118 Days in Iraq and The Struggle For a World Without War.

It was one of the most highly-publicized kidnappings in the Iraqi war. Canadian peace activist James Loney, who was taken hostage for ransom at gunpoint in November 2005 and held for 118 days, along with other members of the Christian Peacemaker Teams—Canadian Harmeet Singh Sooden, Brit No...

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