She says her captors insisted that $1 million was not an unreasonable amount because they believed everyone in Canada was wealthy.

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Their captors are from a shadowy Shi'ite group known as the Islamic Shia Resistance in Iraq.

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Thirty-six year old Peter Moore was released by his captors in Baghdad Wednesday morning.

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The only support he seems to have received from the American government was a failed rescue attempt, called in when he was fighting off his captors in a canyon.

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It is not clear whether the confession can be legally admitted as evidence in court, because it is possible the suspect made the video under pressure or threats from his captors in Syria.

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The ex-fighter pilot who defied his captors in Vietnam and, often, his party's leaders in Washington.

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