He said they had made various requests to police negotiators but stepped back from earlier suggestions that the hijackers had asked to speak to a British-based Iraqi police named as Mr Sadiki .
<response> He said they had made various requests to police negotiators but stepped back from earlier suggestions that the hijackers had asked to speak to a <misc>British-based</misc> <misc>Iraqi</misc> police named as Mr <person>Sadiki</person> . </response>