Sunday, June 19, 2005

An Australian man freed last week after being held hostage by insurgents in Iraq has returned to his home country.

Douglas Wood said he wanted to apologise to US President George W Bush and Australian leader John Howard for remarks he had made during captivity.

[snip]

He told reporters he was sorry for having criticised Washington and Canberra's presence in Iraq while he was being held prisoner.

"The current policies of the American and Australian governments are the right ones," he said. [our italics]

posted by gbarto at 10:05 PM   

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