# Freed Australian hostage arrives back home in Melbourne

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**Created:** [June 19, 2005, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/freed-australian-hostage-arrives-back-home-in-melbourne/308958 "2005-06-19T23:55:54Z")\
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**Author:** ![Cunctator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/43a26b/32.png) [@Cunctator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cunctator)\
**Post date:** [June 19, 2005, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/freed-australian-hostage-arrives-back-home-in-melbourne/308958/1 "2005-06-19T23:55:54Z")

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A [happy ending](http://www.theage.com.au/news/Iraq/Its-bloody-good-to-be-home/2005/06/20/1119119752035.html) to the saga of Douglas Wood, an Australian who was being held hostage in Iraq.

I rather liked this quote:

…when asked what he thought of his captors, he replied: “Arseholes”.

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**Author:** ![Ice\_Wolf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/dfb087/32.png) [@Ice\_Wolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ice_Wolf)\
**Post date:** [June 20, 2005, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/freed-australian-hostage-arrives-back-home-in-melbourne/308958/2 "2005-06-20T02:48:59Z")

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Glad to see he’s back home and safe.