From CNN:
The body of Tom Fox, a Christian peace advocate held hostage in Iraq, has been found, the U.S. State Department confirmed Friday.
There was no word on three other men abducted with Fox.
The FBI verified his identity Friday morning, State Department spokesman Noel Clay said.
“While additional forensic testing will be completed in the United States, we believe this is the body of Tom Fox,” he said.
Clay added that the Fox family has been notified, and he offered the department’s “heartfelt condolences.”
Fox’s body was found near Baghdad and is en route to the United States, another State Department official said.
There is no word yet on the fate of the other three hostages: Norman Kember of Great Britain and Canadians James Loney and Harmeet Singh Sooden. [Author’s note: it doesn’t look good for them.]
It almost seems like they’d been forgotten…but their families will never forget.
Blessings and peace to their families…
I have been following freethecaptivesnow.org ever since the CPTers were taken. This news has me in tears. He was such a gentle man — this is such a terrible, terrible thing.
Thank you for bringing it to our attention so promptly.
Another senseless death layed squarley at the foot of George Bush. They don’t negotiate with terrorists. Apparently neither do Tom Fox’s captors.
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BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) March 7 — Three of four Christian peace activists kidnapped in Iraq more than three months ago appeared in a video that aired on the Arabic-language TV network Al-Jazeera on Tuesday.
Although the 25-second video that aired was silent, an Al-Jazeera anchor said the three men were pleading for their home governments and Gulf Arab leaders to assist with securing their release.
On the tape were British citizen Norman Kember, as well as two Canadians, James Loney and Harmeet Singh Sooden. They were among four members of the Christian Peacemakers Team abducted November 26.
The fourth hostage, American Tom Fox, did not appear on the tape and his status was not mentioned.
Tom Fox Protests the Israeli Barrier in Palestine“But I will not let myself be reduced to silence.”
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