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| Iraq | |
| Armed Groups Announce Kidnap Of U.S. 'spy' | |
| 2005-11-29 | |
Baghdad, 29 Nov. (AKI) - A message has appeared on several Islamic Internet forums from an armed group claiming to have kidnapped an American spy. "Urgent news: American spy (Pearl Karly) kidnapped" is the title of the statement, in which the group claims it is behind the abduction of a US citizen from Baghdad, which may refer to the American who the US embassy said on Monday was the fourth of four westerners kidnapped in the west of the Iraqi capital on Saturday. The other three are two Canadians and a retired British professor and peace activist in his seventies.
The words used in the message show that if the American they refer to is the US citizen kidnapped along with the three other western aid workers, they are particularly keen to claim responsibility for his abduction. On Monday, a spokesperson from the US embassy in Iraq, Elisabeth Colton, confirmed the disappearance of an American, but gave no other details. The four are said to have been in an area of western Baghdad with "minimal security" when they were seized. A group of Iranian pilgrims have also been kidnapped in Iraq after gunmen opened fire on their minibus in a town to the north of Baghdad. The two women were later released, but the four male pilgrims are still being held. On Monday gunmen opened fire on another minibus carrying foreign pilgrims, killing three British Asians and one Iraqi. The third Briton died of his injuries on Tuesday. It has also emerged that a German archaeologist and her driver were kidnapped on Friday. A German TV station says a video was sent to its offices in Baghdad showing a blindfolded woman and a man on their knees, and threatening that the woman will be killed if the German government does not suspend every form of cooperation with the Iraqi government. | |
| Posted by:Steve |
| #3 Did Scooter Libby know? |
| Posted by: doc 2005-11-29 15:50 |
| #2 Bumper Sticker: A-QBiMotFSiB |
| Posted by: Jeaper Threaper4347 2005-11-29 13:51 |
| #1 Al-Qadissiya Brigades in Mother of the Faithful Street in Baghdad Cool name but it will never fit on a bumper sticker. |
| Posted by: DepotGuy 2005-11-29 11:02 |