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British child hostage who refused to sit on Saddam's knee is reunited  
with his rescuer Jesse Jackson 19 years after ordeal
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Last updated at 2:24 AM on 27th March 2009


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A five-year-old British hostage made to pose alongside Saddam Hussein  
in the run up to the first Gulf War, has been reunited with U.S. civil  
rights campaigner the Reverend Jesse Jackson, who helped secure his  
eventual release.

The haunting images of a clearly terrified Stuart Lockwood clad in a  
football top and stood before the Iraqi dictator, who playfully  
ruffled the child's hair, provoked outrage and consternation across  
the West.

Mr Lockwood, now 24, his brother and parents, were amongst a number of  
Britons used as human shields by the Iraqis during the 1990 conflict.


Honour: Stuart Lockwood, now 24, is overjoyed to again meet Reverend  
Jackson who helped secure his release during the Gulf War

His father Derek, who has since died, was working as a chemical  
engineer in the Kuwaiti oil industry when his family was kidnapped.

While his wife and the two boys were held hostage for a month before  
being released, Derek Lockwood was detained for a further three months.

Reverend Jackson played an instrumental role in negotiations to secure  
the release of the Western hostages in Iraq.

Tonight, while receiving the Global Diversity Award 2009 in central  
London, Reverend Jackson was reunited with Stuart Lockwood for the  
first time since the ordeal.

Mr Lockwood from Worcestershire, who is now a PE teacher, high-fived  
and then hugged the Reverend when they were reunited again this evening.


19 years ago he was a TV child pawn: Suddam Hussein playfully ruffles  
Stuart's hair in a moment that terrified the boy

The reverend said he felt 'overwhelmed with boundless joy' at the  
reunion.

He said: 'When this happened there was so much tension in the air - he  
was so young and so innocent.'

Mr Lockwood famously refused to sit on Saddam's knee during the footage


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