Al-Zarqawi group says kidnapped Japanese in Iraq: website
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DUBAI : 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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A body resembling a Japanese hostage has  been found in Iraq and is being shipped to Qatar for  identification, Japanese officials said on Saturday, after  Tokyo refused a demand by his captors to pull out its troops.
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Japan's government said it was trying to confirm news reports that the Islamic militant group of Abu Mussab al-Zarqawi had taken a Japanese citizen hostage in Iraq and threatened to behead him.
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A body found in Iraq following the screening of a video in which a terrorist group linked to Al-Qaeda claimed to have captured a 24-year-old Japanese man bears a close resemblance to the hostage, Japanese government officials said Saturday.
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AN Internet statement released under the purported new name of al-Qaeda-allied terrorist leader Abu Musab al-Zarqawi&#39;s militant group claimed responsibility for an attack today on a US military convoy west of the Iraqi city of Fallujah.
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Al Qaida-linked followers of Jordanian militant Abu Musab al-Zarqawi have claimed responsibility for the suicide attack which killed three British soldiers south of Baghdad, according to a statement posted on an Islamist website.
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A group led by al Qaeda ally Abu Musab al-Zarqawi threatened to behead a Japanese hostage in Iraq if Tokyo did not withdraw its troops, but Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi said Japan&#39;s contingent would stay put.
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BAGHDAD - Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, who heads a group of Islamic extremists affiliated with the al-Qaida network, said in a statement posted on a website Tuesday that his group is responsible for the murder of Japanese hostage Shosei Koda, while repeating
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Al Qaeda ally Abu Musab al-Zarqawi's  militant group threatened to behead a Japanese hostage it said  worked with Japan's forces in Iraq if Tokyo did not withdraw  its troops from the country within 48 hours.
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Japan has said it will keep its troops in Iraq, despite the beheading of a Japanese hostage by Islamic militants. Officials had earlier confirmed that a body found in Baghdad yesterday was that of Shosei Koda
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A posting on an Islamic Web site claimed yesterday that the al Qaeda-linked group led by Abu Musab Zarqawi has slain a US hostage in Iraq, just 24 hours after grisly video showed
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Japan said no member of its military  stationed in Iraq is missing, after a group led by al Qaeda  ally Abu Musab al-Zarqawi threatened to behead a Japanese  hostage in Iraq if Tokyo did not withdraw its forces from the  country.
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A video posted Tuesday on a militant Islamic Web site in the name of Abu Musab al-Zarqawi&#39;s group showed what it claimed was a Japanese captive and threatened to behead him within
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An Internet site has published a statement attributed to the group of Iraq's most-wanted man Abu Musab al-Zarqawi claiming a suicide bombing that killed three members of the Black Watch regiment.
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Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, who leads a militant group affiliated with the al-Qaida network, on Tuesday claimed that his group is responsible for the murder of Japanese hostage Shosei
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TOKYO Japanese leaders are struggling to make contact with Islamic militants in Iraq holding a Japanese traveler hostage. The Japanese government says it has few details on the kidnapping of the 24-year-old tourist.
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TOKYO -- A report says the Japanese government has confirmed that a decapitated body found in Iraq is that of a Japanese man taken hostage by Islamic militants earlier this week.