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Three peace campaigners who were taken hostage say they "unconditionally" forgive their Iraqi captors.Three peace campaigners who were taken hostage say they "unconditionally" forgive their Iraqi captors.
Briton Norman Kember and Canadians James Loney and Harmeet Singh Sooden said they opposed the death penalty for the hostage-takers.Briton Norman Kember and Canadians James Loney and Harmeet Singh Sooden said they opposed the death penalty for the hostage-takers.
The three said they had yet to decide whether to give evidence at the men's trial, which is set for next year. The three added they had yet to decide whether to give evidence at the men's trial, which is set for next year.
Christian peace activist Mr Kember was seized in Baghdad in November 2005 with four other men and held for 117 days. Christian peace activist Mr Kember was seized in Baghdad in November 2005 with three other men and held for 117 days.
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In a joint statement at a press conference at St Ethelburga's Centre for Reconciliation in London they said they wanted "all possible leniency" for the accused men.
Police have approached the three men about appearing at the trial, which will take place at Iraq's Central Criminal Court.
The men said: "We unconditionally forgive our captors for abducting and holding us. We have no desire to punish them. Punishment can never restore what was taken from us."
Mr Kember, 74, from Pinner, north-west London, was in Iraq as part of Canadian-based international peace group Christian Peacemaker Teams.
A fourth captive, American Tom Fox, was found shot dead in Baghdad in March.