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Body 'is British Iraq hostage' Body 'is British Iraq hostage'
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Iraqi authorities have received a body believed to be one of five UK hostages captured in Iraq in 2007, Foreign Secretary David Miliband has said. Prime Minister Gordon Brown has said he is "deeply saddened" that a body believed to be a British hostage has been passed to authorities in Iraq.
The bodies of two men who were shot dead, Jason Swindlehurst and Jason Creswell, have already been released. The prime minister's spokesman said efforts were now under way to "urgently establish identity".
The families of hostages Alan McMenemy and Alec MacLachlan have previously been told they are "very likely" dead. Five British men were taken captive in Baghdad in July 2007.
In July Prime Minister Gordon Brown said he believed remaining hostage Peter Moore was still alive. The bodies of two men who were shot dead, security guards Jason Swindlehurst and Jason Creswell, have already been released.
The families of fellow guards hostages Alan McMenemy and Alec MacLachlan have previously been told they are "very likely" to be dead.
In a statement, UK Foreign Secretary David Miliband said he believed remaining hostage Peter Moore - an IT consultant - was still alive.
However, Mr Miliband said it was not possible to "definitively confirm" either that the body was a hostage or to whom it belonged.
But he added: "My thoughts and those of all of my colleagues in government are, of course, with the families of the British men kidnapped in Iraq.
"We are determined to keep this period of uncertainty for the families to a minimum."