] [Iraqi PM Allawi's cousin] Ghazi Allawi, 75, who had been taken hostage on November
] 10, was released yesterday in Baghdad. He had been
] captured with his wife and their pregnant daughter-in-law
] from their house in the capital.
]
] The following day, a previously unknown Islamist group
] claimed responsibility and threatened to behead them
] within 48 hours unless Mr Allawi halted a major offensive
] on the rebel enclave of Fallujah and released all
] prisoners held in Iraq.
]
] The two women were released on November 15.

This was a story I had been following. I was told (incorrectly) by someone yesterday that Allawi's relatives had been killed.

I still grieve for the other hostages who were taken and murdered, but I am always glad to hear of any that are released.

Allawi's relatives freed