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Former minister's hostage 'doubts'

A former foreign office minister has told the BBC that he doubts that Britain negotiated with the right people in its attempts to free the five men kidnapped in Iraq in 2007. Simon Cox, presenter of the Report on Radio 4, explains his investigation into the UK's policy towards hostage takers.

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