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Prime Minister David Cameron confirmed the British Embassy in Baghdad have received the body of hostage Alan McMenemy.
First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government
"My thoughts are with Alan's family & friends at this time. They have waited so long for his return"
Roseleen McMenemy said: “It is over five and a half years since Alan was kidnapped in Baghdad. As a family we have waited for Alan’s return and for this inquest and its verdict of unlawful killing for many years."
The Foreign Secretary William Hague has updated parliament on the case of the five British hostages who were kidnapped from the Ministry of Finance in Baghdad in May 2007.
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