Douglas Wood freed!

Australian Douglas Wood freed after being held hostage six weeks in Iraq.

This is great news indeed. Congratulations to Wood and his family. And, hopefully as a sign of more good things to come, Wood was discovered and rescued by Iraqi Soldiers conducting a preplanned sweep. Good on them.

The CNN article (appropriately IMO) ends:

"There are nearly 30 people still being held hostage in Iraq, including the American Jeffrey Ake."

Well, it looks like we have our work cut out for us, then. Doesn't it?