Channel 4 News speaks to the relatives of one of the hostages and the friend of another - both were seized in Baghdad nineteen months ago. Andy Davies reports.
Biography
Andy Davies joined Channel 4 News as home affairs correspondent in October 2006.
Before joining ITN, he reported for BBC Panorama for five years. His work at Panorama included investigations into Customs' botched handling of a major anti-fraud operation in the 1990s as well as UK intelligence failures over penetration of Islamist terror cells.
He also investigated race-fixing and the Jockey Club. 'The Corruption of Racing' won the Royal Television Society award for Home Current Affairs in 2002, led to the resignation of the Jockey Club's Security Director and influenced major regulatory reform within the sport.
Prior to joining Panorama, Andy worked for BBC Northern Ireland from 1996 to 2000, reporting on the second IRA ceasefire, the Omagh bomb, the Good Friday Agreement, Drumcree and the shooting of Lance Bombardier Stephen Restorick, the last British soldier to be killed in Northern Ireland by the IRA.
He also reported for BBC Northern Ireland's political weekly 'Hearts and Minds', as well as the award winning current affairs strand 'Spotlight'.
In 'The Croat Connection' - an investigation into the Real IRA's weapons smuggling operation in the Balkans - he named the leading republican terrorist at the heart of the gun-running. He also investigated the Belfast pimp scene and UDA extortion.
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