Douglas Wood

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This article is about the Iraqi hostage. For the animation producer, see Douglas Wood (Producer).
For the naturalist, see Douglas Wood (naturalist).
Initial image of Douglas Wood after capture by Iraqi militants.
Initial image of Douglas Wood after capture by Iraqi militants.
Later image of Wood after apparent beating by his kidnappers.
Later image of Wood after apparent beating by his kidnappers.

Douglas Wood (born 30th June 1941), Australian construction engineer, was held hostage in Iraq between May and June 2005.

Wood was born in Melbourne, but before starting his own company he had worked for the United States Bechtel Corporation, a construction firm, and had lived in California with his wife of 25 years.

In May 2005 Wood was working in the reconstruction of Iraq on two contracts: the first, building a military site at Fallujah[citation needed] and the second, renovating buildings inside the secure "Green Zone".[citation needed]A DVD announcing his capture by a group claiming ties to the Iraqi insurgency was released on 2 May.

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