Iranian diplomat snatched in Iraq
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Gunmen in Iraqi army uniforms kidnapped a senior Iranian diplomat in Baghdad, Iraqi and Iranian officials said on Tuesday, and Tehran blamed the U.S. military and demanded his immediate release.
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BAGHDAD, Iraq - Gunmen abducted six Egyptians working for Iraq's mobile phone company, seizing two in a bold raid on the firm's Baghdad office and the others outside the capital, officials said Friday, the latest in a string of kidnappings that have underscored the country's fragile security.    Also Friday, mortars exploded near the Italian Embassy in Baghdad, slightly wounding three Iraqis, the Foreign Ministry in Rome said...
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Gunmen kidnapped the head of Iraq&#039;s Olympic committee and at least 30 employees after storming their offices in Baghdad on Saturday, police said.
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An Iranian detained in northern Iraq more than three years ago has been released by U.S. authorities, Iran's ambassador said Wednesday.
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Western intelligence services may have kidnapped a former Iranian deputy defense minister who went missing in Turkey, Iran's police chief was quoted as saying on Tuesday.
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An Iranian diplomat taken hostage in  Iraq last month was released by his captors on Monday but the  fate of at least 11 other foreigners, including a Briton  threatened with beheading, remained unclear.
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A senior Iraqi official says two Americans and one British contractor were seized from their central Baghdad home and taken hostage.
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BAGHDAD, Sept 27  - An Iranian diplomat was freed Monday after a 55-day hostage ordeal at the hands of the same Islamic militant group which is holding two French newsmen, as 12 people were killed in fresh Iraq violence.
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The director of CARE International's operations in Iraq was kidnapped early Tuesday in Baghdad, the organization said.
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Iraqi and coalition forces on Sunday seized a "suspected terrorist " with links to Iran's weapons and training network during a raid in Baghdad, the U.S. military said.
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BAGHDAD -- Iran yesterday accused the United States of responsibility for the abduction of an Iranian diplomat snatched from a Baghdad street on Sunday by men wearing Iraqi Army uniforms.
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An Italian who works for a  non-governmental organization (NGO) has been kidnapped in Iraq,  Italian news agency Ansa reported on Wednesday.
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Gunmen abducted a Lebanese-American contractor who worked with the US Army from his Baghdad home, Iraqi officials said Wednesday, while four Jordanian truck drivers were seized by assailants in a separate kidnapping.
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Iran confirms that one of its diplomats has been kidnapped by gunmen in Iraq's capital, Baghdad.
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Gunmen wearing uniforms similar to those of Iraqi security forces have kidnapped an Iranian diplomat, according to Iranian news reports, and Iran says the gunmen "acted under U.S. supervision."
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Kidnappers holding an Iranian diplomat  in Iraq will "punish" him within 48 hours if Iran does not  release 500 prisoners captured in its 1980-1988 war with Iraq,  Iranian state television said Sunday.
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BAGHDAD, 28 September 2004 - Fresh Iraq violence killed 12 people yesterday as an Iranian diplomat was freed after a 55-day hostage ordeal at the hands of the same militant group which is holding two French newsmen.