Peter Moore (2012)

Trying my best to, but its nearly 4am where I am so need to sleep soon

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In the final year I had a tv and playstation so that helped. Once I was out of the blindfold I used to join dots on the wall pretending they were metro stations and I designed a new computer. I would also try to solve mathematical problems with shapes on the curtain and conduct job interviews with my pillow

I got beaten - had broken ribs, cracked skull from being hit on the head, glass smashed on my leg. Was kept in chains for 2 years, handcuffed & blindfolded for a year. Mock executions - all good stuff

I was moved around every couple of months. One time they took me outside, knelt me down, put a gun to my head and pulls the trigger. At the same time they fired another gun off behind my back. I thought I was dead.

Well I was handed over to the British embassy in Baghdad, the very first thing I saw on tv was Lady Gaga - I did not know what this was about :-) It was very strange seeing myself on all the news channels

Stockholm syndrome - this was something I did not suffer from.

No, my company went bankrupt in 2009, but my division got purchased, so I got my salary nothing additional

Sometimes did win and they were ok, I just did not want to upset them by winning all the time and thus making them look stupid - did not think this would be beneficial to my health

I was checked out by a military psych when I got out and I was given the all clear, but I have my moments. I usually only get flashbacks a couple of times a day now, whereas it used to two or three times a minute

My work ethic has changed completely. I used to be a workaholic, now I only work a few months each year and holiday the rest

I did try to learn Arabic and I did learn some localised slang, that way I was able to work out which area of Iraq the various captors came from

We used to joke about things and play board games. We also watched the tennis on Al Jazeera sport

For some reason garlic bread was what I wanted most

When they took the chains off, after two years, and to,d me I could walk around the room

In 2009, after I knew the others were dead, I was taken out of the chains that I had been kept in for two years. I thought it would be fitting to hang myself using the chain. The best bit was after the first year then they took the handcuffs off and allowed me to stand up

They told me that they were killed either because they tried to escape or because they were being held in a house that the militia thought was being raided. One of my regrets is not pushing harder for the exact circumstances of each one, but at the time I remember thinking "that they are dead and there is nothing I can do to change that, I just need to concentrate on myself now"

Just treated one day at a time. Thought I was going to die and that everyday was my last

Sorry, misread - thought you asked what did I feel over 2.5 years. Food was not good of the first 6 months - just water & rice. After that I was held upstairs in a family house so the food was pretty good, lamb, fish, etc

Yes, she is actually in Guyana (south America) which is were I was working before Iraq

Not sure - I think it was because I got very sick and then I was moved to a new location with new Iraqis

For nearly a year I was handcuffed, chained & blindfolded so I couldn't move much. I got very sick and lost all of my muscles, when they took the handcuffs off my back and shoulders hurt for months

When I was first taken I told them I had a wife, so I spent my time building on this imaginary wife. I based the person on an ex girlfriend

Yes, I had to say it on video a number of time. I had to say that the coalition was bad band that the militia was good etc

It was strange, I was kept in a blacked out room so the sunlight was not a problem at that point. When I got released my eyes just watered all the time and I had major headaches

Most of my wounds healed I have a scare on my leg, a dent in my head and one of my back teeth was removed as it got broken when I was hit in the jaw with an ak47

Sure, I live in an Iraq house during those war times, so it was interesting to see how people lived without electricity or running water. Also learnt some of the language and learnt about Islam.

Yes, very much. Fortunately my mum taught me yoga as a kid so I was able to use some of that

They just pointed a gun at me and told me to speak into the camera - felt it wasn't worth arguing to much

I played some FIFA football game and couple of shooting games. I used to watch tv with the Iraqis and we spent a lot of time watching ncis, csi and prison break (which annoyed me).

Going into my job I really believed I would make some difference. I have worked in IT for years and I specialise in developing countries.

The guards fell I to three groups:
1. Down right evil, would hit us.
2. Ones that just did their job - didn't talk, but just gave the food etc
3. Ones that actively wanted to improve their English or know more about us

I do t have strong feelings about them. They were against the military occupation, which annoyed me as I wasn't military

I thought that it would all be over within six months - dead or alive. In 2009 when I was told everyone else was dead, I thought they would kill me also

Try to get your captors to treat you as a human and try to show then you have some boundaries. Try to get things from them to see how far they will go out of their way. I asked for certain foods and certain types of toothpaste

Opportunity was there in Mid 2009. I was going to use the chain. I thought it was very fitting to hang myself using the chain that they had kept me in for two years. The only reason I did not go through with it is because I would not be able to see the reaction of the Iraqis as they walked in and saw me hanging there.

No, by now I had been moved back to Baghdad and these were from the Northern Faction (their discription). They were much easier to deal with

I would be interesting in meeting the group - which is now a political party within the Iraqi government. Not sure i would go to iraq to meet them though, I feel more likely I would meet them at a UN meeting in New York or somewhere similar. For some reason it was policy of the British government to get the oldies out first - they never explained to me why this was policy

No compensation - I just got my salary. Bearingpoint (the company i worked for) actually went bankrupt in 2009, but my division was bought out so that company carried on paying my salary. The first people I met were my step-parents in a government house back in the uk

I got paid a total of US$270,000 from when I started (March 2007) to when I resigned (May 2010). I obviously paid tax on this as well

Correct - they kept paying me while I was a hostage. Interestingly I also got pay rises and promotions

It helped me relax and I think that stopped me from trying to fight the Iraqis. I guess it gave me some sort of focus.

Yes there was another British Bearingpoint employee there and apparently he was hidden by his Iraqi coworkers. I don't know about the car bit as I was inside the ministry along with two of the guards