Kidnapped CBS journalists to be Freed

Al Sadr's faction has announced that it had negiotiated a deal with the kidnappers to release the CBS journalists. Why is Moqtada al Sadr behaving so well lately? Extending the ceasefire with Coalition Forces and now this. This latest news reminds me of that scam in Mexico and other places... your car gets stolen, you go to the cops, you pay 'em some cash and you'll get your car back.

BAGHDAD — A deal has been reached with kidnappers for the release of two CBS journalists, radical Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr's office in Basra said Wednesday.

Harith al-Edhari, a director of al-Sadr's office in the southern Iraqi city, said negotiations had persuaded the kidnappers to release the British journalist and his Iraqi interpreter later Wednesday.

"We reached an agreement with kidnappers to hand over the Iraqi interpreter to the police command in Basra and the British journalist will be handed over to al-Sadr's office in Basra this afternoon," al-Edhari told The Associated Press. He did not give a specific time.