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US firm earns £1m from our 'forgotten' hostages A US company has charged £1million for the 'services' of four 'forgotten' hostages, who have been held in captivity for more than a year (picture posed by model) A private security firm that employs four of the 'forgotten' British hostages held in Iraq for more than a year has charged about £1million for its 'services' while they have been in captivity. The company, which earns millions of pounds a year protecting British diplomats in Iraq, also has no kidnap and ransom insurance - meaning there is no guaranteed money available to secure the men's freedom. The claims, in a US court case, come weeks after the men's families broke a year-long news blackout imposed by the Foreign Office to highlight their plight. The four men, who work for US-based Garda World, were protecting... [read full story]
