Captured suspect revealed location of tied-up hostages

Sault Ste. Marie's James Loney was discovered tied up in the same room as two fellow peace activists today when coalition forces moved in, Britain's Independent newspaper is reporting today.

The three members of Christian Peacemaker Teams were freed hours after a captured suspect revealed where the hostages were being held, the newspaper said.

It quotes coalition forces spokesman Major General Rick Lynch as saying that the kidnappers weren't in the area at the time the house was rushed and the search for them continues.

"Late last night, coalition forces conducted an operation and it came up with two detainees," Lynch told reporters.

"These two detainees provided actionable intelligence about the location of the Christian Peacemaker Team hostages. We got that information at eight o'clock this morning and we conducted the operation.

"We conducted an assault on the house and inside the house we found the three hostages, in good condition. There were no kidnappers there at the time. The three hostages were by themselves."

The three hostages were debriefed and taken to a hospital for medical examination, Lynch said.

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