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Wheaton, IL

Jul 30, 2008

Freed U.S. hostage was Chad rebels' "guest of honor"

By Moumine Ngarmbassa

N'DJAMENA (Reuters) - Freed U.S. missionary Steven Godbold expressed relief to be on his way home on Saturday but said Chadian rebels had treated him as "guest of honor" during his nine months as a hostage deep in the Sahara.

Godbold, 49, was captured in October as a suspected spy by rebels in the remote, mountainous north of Chad while helping a local organization transport equipment to drill water wells.

He was freed late on Thursday to local officials in northern Chad and formally handed over to the U.S. ambassador by the Chadian government in the capital N'Djamena on Saturday.

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