This looks, feels and smells like a "deal".

Co-alition so anxious for any "good press" that they have fabricated some rescue fairytale.
Apparently the hostages were taken to a ground floor room in the building in which they were being held and tied up.
The kidnappers then slipped off into the night, leaving the hostages to be picked up by our forces.
Kember and the Canadians obviously dont want Bush/Blair to make any capital out of this pantomime and are refusing to co-operate in de-briefing.