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SCS Baghdad Teams With Brits to Help Free Hostages

SUMMARY

The NSA’s Special Collection Service in Baghdad worked closely with GCHQ to “isolate the specific terrorist believed to be holding the hostages” prior to a raid that freed one British and two Canadian members of a Christian peacekeeping mission. Voice recognition was used to narrow the search.

DOCUMENT’S DATE

May 23, 2006

PUBLICLY AVAILABLE

Aug 15, 2018

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Iraq