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| Brown in talks on 'hostage' video | Brown in talks on 'hostage' video |
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| Prime Minister Gordon Brown has held talks with his Iraqi counterpart Nouri Maliki about a video apparently showing a Briton captured in Iraq. | Prime Minister Gordon Brown has held talks with his Iraqi counterpart Nouri Maliki about a video apparently showing a Briton captured in Iraq. |
| The footage is said to have been recorded eight months ago and was aired on an Arabic TV channel. | The footage is said to have been recorded eight months ago and was aired on an Arabic TV channel. |
| It apparently shows one of five captured Britons appealing to Mr Brown to help secure their freedom. | It apparently shows one of five captured Britons appealing to Mr Brown to help secure their freedom. |
| Downing Street said Mr Brown and Prime Minister Maliki had spoken about the situation over the phone earlier. | Downing Street said Mr Brown and Prime Minister Maliki had spoken about the situation over the phone earlier. |
| In the footage a man says in English: "My name is Peter Moore, I have been held here for nearly eight months now." | In the footage a man says in English: "My name is Peter Moore, I have been held here for nearly eight months now." |
| Act 'deplored' | Act 'deplored' |
| He asks Mr Brown to free nine Iraqis in exchange for the release of the Britons, who were seized in May 2007. | |
| A Downing Street spokesman said: "The Prime Minister has been in close contact with Prime Minister Maliki on this issue and discussed it again with him over the phone this morning. | A Downing Street spokesman said: "The Prime Minister has been in close contact with Prime Minister Maliki on this issue and discussed it again with him over the phone this morning. |
| "Both leaders deplored the taking and public parading of hostages and agreed to continue their close cooperation to secure their early release." | "Both leaders deplored the taking and public parading of hostages and agreed to continue their close cooperation to secure their early release." |
| All I want is to leave this place ... release their prisoners so we can go Peter Moore | |
| The five men were seized from Baghdad's Finance Ministry by gunmen wearing police uniforms on 29 May 2007 without a shot being fired. | |
| At the time of the kidnapping officials in Iraq blamed the Mahdi Army, the militia force controlled by the radical Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr. | |
| In the video the man, who is wearing a black and white tracksuit and says he is from Lincoln, says: "All I want is to leave this place. I tell Gordon Brown the matter is simple: release their prisoners so we can go. | |
| "It's as simple as that. It's a simple exchange of people. That is all they want - their people, and we can go home." | |
| Security experts have said he looks as though he has been forced into making the statement and, although he appears physically well, seems to be under extreme stress. | |
| The Foreign Office has condemned the release of the video. | The Foreign Office has condemned the release of the video. |