Briton abducted in Iraq, released after two years

LONDON - British national Peter Moore, who had been taken captive in Iraq in May 2007, has been freed, British Foreign Secretary David Miliband said Wednesday.

Miliband went before the TV cameras in London, confirming earlier reports that Moore had been released.

Computer expert Moore, 36, was seized along with four British bodyguards at the Iraqi finance ministry May 29, 2007.

Later, the bodies of three of the guards were handed over to the British authorities, raising fears about the safety of Moore and the remaining bodyguard.

At his briefing and a brief press conference afterwards, Miliband said Moore was in “good health” at his release.

“Peter was set free by his captors this (Wednesday) morning in Baghdad and delivered to the Iraqi authorities,” Miliband said. “He is now in the care of the British embassy in Baghdad.”