Iraq terrorists threaten to behead Japanese hostage
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CAIRO -- An organization linked to the Al-Qaeda terrorist group claimed Tuesday they have kidnapped a Japanese national and threatened to kill him unless Japan withdraws its Self-Defense Forces (SDF) troops from Iraq within 48 hours.
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A group led by al Qaeda ally Abu Musab  al-Zarqawi threatened to behead a Japanese hostage in Iraq  unless Japan withdrew its troops, but Prime Minister Junichiro  Koizumi said on Wednesday that Japan's contingent would stay.
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A group led by al Qaeda ally Abu Musab  al-Zarqawi said it would behead a member of Japan's forces it  had abducted in Iraq if the Japanese government did not  withdraw its forces from the country within 48 hours.
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The organization of &quot;Qaida al-Jihad in the Mesopotamia&quot; which is led by Abu Musab al-Zarqawi said it had kidnapped one member of the Japanese forces in Iraq and threatened to execute him if Tokyo will not withdraw its forces from Iraq within 48 hours.
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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's contingent would stay put.
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A group threatened to execute a Japanese hostage in Iraq unless Japan pulls out its forces, but Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi said on Wednesday that the Japanese troops would remain in the country.
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The family of a Japanese man being held hostage in Iraq begged for his life on Friday after the expiry of a deadline set by his captors, who have threatened to behead him unless Japan withdrew its troops.
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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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Japan sought international help on  Thursday for a Japanese man held hostage in Iraq, with less  than 24 hours to go for a deadline set by his captors to behead  him unless Tokyo pulled out its troops.
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An Iraqi militant group has threatened to  behead a Turkish hostage within three days unless the United  States releases all Iraqi prisoners and Turkish nationals leave  Iraq, Al Arabiya television said on Monday.
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TOKYO - Japan insisted yesterday it would not bow to the demands of militants in Iraq who threatened to behead a young Japanese unless Tokyo pulls its troops from the country within 48 hours.
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Japan has been appealing for international help to secure the release of a Japanese man kidnapped by Islamic militants in Iraq and threatened with death.
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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 captors of an American journalist being held in Iraq have threatened to kill him unless US forces pulled out of Najaf.
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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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Militants piled more pressure on Washington&#39;s military allies in Iraq on Thursday, seizing a Polish woman and holding a Japanese man under threat of death.
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An al Qaeda-linked militant group  beheaded an American hostage in Iraq and threatened on Monday  to kill another two Westerners in 24 hours unless women  prisoners were freed from Iraqi jails.