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Australian Hostage Douglas Wood Released

HeadlineJun 15, 2005

Also in Iraq, Australian hostage Douglas Wood has been rescued from his captors in a military operation. The 63-year-old engineer was kidnapped six weeks ago. Wood was born in Australia but lives in Alamo, California.

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