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Iraqi government reaches deal with group to release five UK hostages.

BBC Monitoring International Reports

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Text of report by London-based newspaper Al-Hayat website on 28 March

[Report by Abd-al-Wahid Tu'mah: "Asa'ib Ahl-al-Haqq Agrees to Release British Hostages; Organization Head Negotiated With Multinational Forces Under Mediation of Al-Maliki's Adviser"]

A high-ranking source who is well informed about the negotiations between the Iraqi government and the Asa'ib Ahl-al-Haqq [League of the Righteous] organization, which has been holding hostage five British men since 2007, said that "this dossier will be closed soon based on a deal to release 10 of the detained leaders from Shi'i leader Muqtada al-Sadr's trend in exchange for the release of the British hostages."

The source said that "positive …

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