Hostage-Takers Demand U.S. Allies Quit Iraq
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Militants piled more pressure on  Washington's military allies in Iraq on Thursday, seizing an  Iraqi-Polish woman and holding a Japanese man under threat of  death.
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BAGHDAD, Iraq - An American and three other foreigners were kidnapped Monday from their office in western Baghdad &quot;in an exchange of fire,&quot; the Interior Ministry spokesman said.
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The family of hostage Kenneth Bigley are appealing for his release in Iraq as the threat of execution hangs over him. Mr Bigley and two Americans were seized in Baghdad on Thursday and threatened with death unless their abductors&#39; demands were met.
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By Gideon Long BAGHDAD  - Iraqi militants said on Thursday theywould fight for "months and years" to free their country fromU.S.-led occupation as their nemesis President Bush wasinaugurated in Washington for a second term.
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Insurgents threatened to behead two Americans and a Briton captured in Baghdad on Saturday and launched a suicide car bomb attack on Iraqi security forces in the northern
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BAGHDAD: Iraqâs hostage crisis deepened as militants who beheaded two Americans let a Briton make a desperate videotaped plea for his life, while other extremist groups claimed on Thursday to have executed two women Italian aid workers.
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World News &gt; Baghdad: Militants in Iraq say they have taken hostage a Polish woman and are demanding that Poland withdraw all its troops from the country.
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Relatives pleaded for the lives of  eight Chinese hostages in Iraq as a deadline set by their  captors neared on Thursday, and the U.S. military said a  Brazilian was also missing following an insurgent attack.
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BAGHDAD, Iraq - Militants threatened to decapitate two Americans and a Briton being held hostage unless their demands were met within 48 hours, and in northern Iraq a car bomb killed at least 21 people and wounded 67 on Saturday.    The threat came in a video purportedly from a militant group linked to al-Qaida that showed Americans Jack Hensley and Eugene Armstrong and Briton Kenneth Bigley, the first word of their fate since the three construction workers were abducted from their Baghdad office two days ago...
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Militants threatened to decapitate two Americans and a Briton being held hostage unless their demands were met within 48 hours. In northern Iraq a car bomb killed at least 21 people and wounded 67 yesterday.
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With time running out to save a British  hostage in Iraq, U.S. officials said on Wednesday they were not  about to free Iraqi women prisoners as demanded by an al Qaeda  ally whose group has already beheaded two Americans.
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Dozens of international aid agencies  considered quitting Iraq Wednesday following the abduction of  two Italian women, and as the U.S. military death toll rose  above 1,000.
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BAGHDAD, Iraq - An Iraqi militant group appealed Sunday to an influential Sunni Muslim organization for an edict on whether the kidnapping of foreigners who work for occupation forces is acceptable under Islam.    The appeal came as a Turkish transportation company, Renay International, announced it would withdraw from Iraq a day after Iraqi militants threatened to behead one of its employees - the latest company to meet kidnappers' demands to go...
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With time running out to save a British  hostage in Iraq, U.S. officials said on Wednesday they were not  about to free female Iraqi prisoners as demanded by an al Qaeda  ally whose group has already beheaded two Americans.
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Pakistan urged foreign militants on its soil to surrender, assuring them they will not be handed over to the United States.
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Militants have piled more pressure on Washington's military allies in Iraq, seizing an Iraqi-Polish woman and holding a Japanese man under threat of death.
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Dozens of international aid agencies  considered quitting Iraq on Wednesday following the abduction  of two Italian women, and as the U.S. military death toll rose  above 1,000.