Eyewitness NewsNEW YORK -- A U.S. congressman from New York says three security contractors, including two Americans, have been released by Iraqi Army forces after they were held for more than two weeks.
U.S. Rep. Peter King, R-N.Y., announced the release of the men on Tuesday. He identified the men as Army veteran Alex Antiohos from Long Island, a former National Guardsman from Savannah, Ga., and a third man from Fiji. He said they were all working for a security firm when Iraqi Ministry of Defense officials rejected paperwork prepared on their behalf by the Iraqi Ministry of Interior.
The men were not charged with any crimes. King said they were released after efforts by his office, the State Department, the U.S. embassy in Baghdad, the Defense Department and the White House.
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