Kidnappers give Allawi 48 hours to halt assault on Fallujah
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A militant group kidnapping three family members of Iraqi Prime Minister Iyad Allawi threatened on Wednesday to kill them if Allawi doesn&#39;t order a withdrawal from the besieged Fallujah.
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Iraqi militants holding two French journalists have reportedly set a 48-hour deadline for their new demands to be met, including payment of a five-million-dollar ransom.
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Interim Prime Minister Ayad Allawi warned yesterday that efforts to resolve the standoff in Fallujah peacefully have entered their &quot;final phase
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Iraqi Interim Prime Minister Iyad Allawi says his government favors a political solution to the situation in Fallujah -- but warns its patience may run out.
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Militants have threatened to behead three abducted members of the family of Iyad Allawi, Iraq&#39;s interim Prime Minister, unless he calls a halt to the assault on Fallujah.
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The assault on Fallujah that began yesterday must be seen as a critical part of the worldwide war on terror, Iraqi Prime Minister Iyad Allawi says.
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An Iraqi group linked to al-Qaeda threatened to kill three Western hostages within 48 hours unless Iraqi women prisoners are freed.
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The kidnappers of an American-French journalist in Iraq have threatened to execute him within 48 hours unless US forces withdraw from the holy city of Najaf.
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BAGHDAD: The standoff between the interim Iraqi government and insurgents in the rebel city of Fallujah has entered its &quot;final phase,&quot; Iraq&#39;s interim prime minister Iyad Allawi said Sunday, warning of imminent military action.
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MILITANTS have reportedly set a 48-hour deadline after taking two French journalists hostage in Iraq and demanding the rescinding of a ban on the Islamic headscarf in French schools.
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BAGHDAD - The 48-hour deadline set by a group of Islamic militants for Japan to agree to withdraw its troops from Iraq expired Thursday night, with the group threatening to behead a 24-year-old Japanese hostage if Tokyo ignores its demand.
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A group led by Jordanian Abu Musab al-Zarqawi said it would behead a member of Japan&#39;s forces it had captured in Iraq if the Japanese government did not withdraw its forces from the country within 48 hours.
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Gunmen kidnapped a first cousin of interim Iraqi Prime Minister Ayad Allawi and two other members of his extended family in Baghdad Tuesday, an Allawi spokesman said Wednesday. In Fallujah, meanwhile, the U.S. military claimed control of 70 percent of the rebellious city.
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A statement posted on a Web site purportedly by an Iraqi group which said it was holding two French hostages set a &#36;5 million ransom on Monday and issued a 48-hour deadline for its demands to be met.
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The Islamic militant group of Abu Mussab al-Zarqawi said in a video shown on the Internet it had taken a Japanese citizen hostage in Iraq and threatened to execute him if Tokyo does not withdraw its troops from Iraq in 48 hours.
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Gunmen abducted three members of Iraqi Prime Minister Ayad Allawi&#39;s family from their Baghdad home, his spokesman said Wednesday, and militants said they would be beheaded in two days if the siege of Fallujah was not lifted.
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A purported statement by Iraqi militants holding two French journalists hostage demanded a $5 million ransom on Monday and set a 48-hour deadline.