US teams 'tried to free hostages'
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US teams tried to rescue two Americans and a Briton held hostage in Iraq before they were killed, sources say.
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Iraqi police and U.S. forces have captured two militants suspected of involvement in the abduction of three U.S. soldiers south of Baghdad earlier this year, the U.S. military said on Thursday.
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BAGHDAD, Iraq - The brother of a British hostage held by Jordanian militant Abu Musab al-Zarqawi accused the United States yesterday of sabotaging efforts to save the captive&#39;s life, as US and Iraqi officials continued to insist they could not yield to
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BAGHDAD The families of an American and a British engineer being held hostage by a militant group pleaded Tuesday for officials to help get the men released hours after the group beheaded an American.
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US forces tried unsuccessfully twice to rescue an Englishman and two US citizens being held hostage, CNN reported Tuesday. Both efforts were guided by intelligence and led US forces to separate sites in Baghdad, officials said.
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Asia News, Militants who say they are holding three UN workers hostage in Afghanistan say they have split them up to make any rescue attempts more difficult.
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The US-led military in Afghanistan expressed hope that three foreign UN employees being held hostage by suspected Taliban remnants would be freed soon.
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KABUL, Afghanistan -- Taliban-linked militants holding three kidnapped UN workers demanded yesterday the release of 26 prisoners, some possibly in US custody at Guantanamo Bay, in return for sparing the hostages' lives.
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Militants piled more pressure on the United States&#39; military allies in Iraq on Thursday, seizing a Polish woman and holding a Japanese man under death threat.
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Militants who beheaded an American  hostage in Iraq threatened to kill another U.S. captive and a  Briton on Tuesday, as relatives and diplomats pleaded for their  release.
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Five British civilians kidnapped in Baghdad last month are being held by a group trained, funded and armed by Iran, US commander says.
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An American hostage being held in Iraq has been beheaded, according to a statement by the group holding three Westerners. The statement said: âGod protect him, has beheaded the first American.
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Militants piled more pressure on the  United States' military allies in Iraq on Thursday, seizing a  Polish woman and holding a Japanese man under death threat.
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British, American and Iraqi authorities were trying last night to secure the freedom of Margaret Hassan, the Irish-born aid worker kidnapped in Baghdad early yesterday.
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Negotiations over three kidnapped UN workers in Afghanistan have hit a snag over ransom demands, officials said Tuesday, as Taliban-linked militants said they were debating whether to &quot;get rid&quot; of the hostages.
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KABUL : A murky Taliban splinter group holding three UN hostages in Afghanistan for three weeks was silent after the hostages&#39; families plead for their freedom, but the US military was hopeful they were alive and would be safely released.
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A US-based human rights group says at least 11 al-Qaida suspects have &quot;disappeared&quot; in US custody, and that some may have been tortured.