Richard Butler, the CBS journalist rescued by Iraqi soldiers in the southern Iraqi city of Basra on Monday, described a quick escape and "brilliant" military work that ended his two long months of captivity.
"The Iraqi army stormed the house and overcame the guards and burst through the door and I had my hood on, which I had to have on the whole time. And they shouted something at me and I pulled my hood off," Butler told TV cameras. "And they ran me down the road."
Butler, who is British, was freed Monday by chance during Iraqi military operations that have been ongoing for weeks in the city, and later was handed over to the British military. News footage showed him hugging and shaking hands with people after he fled a house in the Basra neighborhood of Jabaliya.
"Thank you and I'm looking forward to seeing my family and friends at CBS. And thank you again," he said.
When asked whether the Iraqi army was "good," Butler called the army "brilliant."
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