Kidnappers Tighten Screw on U.S. Allies in Iraq
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Militants piled more pressure on  Washington's military allies in Iraq on Thursday, seizing a  Polish woman and holding a Japanese man under death threat.
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Gunmen in camouflage uniforms kidnapped about 30 Iraqis in Baghdad on Thursday in a brazen daylight attack that underlined the threat from sectarian death squads which a top U.S. general said must be reined in.
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Militants piled more pressure on  Washington's military allies in Iraq on Thursday, seizing a  Polish woman and holding a Japanese man under threat of death.
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Militants claiming responsibility for the kidnapping of three foreign United Nations elections workers said Monday that they had separated the hostages to prevent
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SAMARRA, Iraq  - U.S.-led forces tightened their  grip on a rebel-held city on Sunday in the first step of a  campaign to take back all of Iraq but ignited complaints about  the cost in lives and suffering.
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In a fresh sign of lingering tensions over the Iraq war, Secretary of State Colin L. Powell Thursday rapped European allies who declined to assist a NATO-led Iraq training mission as "hurting the credibility and cohesion" of the military alliance.
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Efforts to free three foreign hostages threatened with death by a Taliban splinter group have reached a "sensitive" stage, the U.S. military said Saturday in urging the kidnappers not to harm them.
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BAGHDAD -- An insurgent group that has claimed responsibility for a series of hostage-takings threatened yesterday to execute two Americans and a Briton who were kidnapped Thursday unless the United States frees female Iraqi prisoners, the Al-Jazeera satellite channel reported.
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Frightened foreign workers for non-governmental organizations were thinking of leaving Iraq last week after kidnappers seized female aid staff in their office in broad daylight, marking a dangerous evolution in an escalating hostage crisis.
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Iraqi insurgents have kidnapped an  American who works as a manager at Baghdad airport, Al Jazeera  television said on Friday.
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Negotiations are held behind the scenes in Iraq to free two Americans and a Briton threatened with beheading.
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Kidnappers in Iraq have again taken several foreigners hostage, this time workers trying to rebuild the country&#39;s telecommunications infrastructure.
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BAGHDAD -- Kidnappers seized two Americans and a Briton from their central Baghdad villa at dawn yesterday, in a bold raid that could further limit the mobility of foreigners in the Iraqi capital.
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BAGHDAD, Iraq - Gunmen kidnapped two Americans and a Briton Thursday from a house in an upscale Baghdad neighborhood where many foreign companies are based, the Interior Ministry and witnesses said.    The three were employed by Gulf Services Company, a Middle East-based construction firm, and were seized from a two-story house surrounded by a wall in the al-Mansour neighborhood, said Col...
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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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The US and British embassies in Iraq pressed ahead with efforts to free two US citizens and a Briton kidnapped at gunpoint from their home in Baghdad this week.
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Insurgents seized four hostages, including one US resident, as they worked at their Baghdad office Monday, the BBC reported. Earlier Monday gunmen murdered Baghdad&#39;s deputy governor