Three Westerners abducted in Iraq; 8 U.S. troops die
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Gunmen in police uniforms kidnapped at least three Western lecturers in Baghdad on Tuesday, a witness told Reuters, as eight more U.S. soldiers were reported killed in the deadliest month this year.
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BAGHDAD, Dec. 9 -- Insurgents attacked U.S. convoys in restive western Iraq and fired mortar shells into a busy street near the Italian Embassy in Baghdad on Thursday, killing three people, U.S. military officials and residents said.
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JEDDAH, SAUDI ARABIA - Eight people died, several more were injured and about 18 others were taken hostage Monday when gunmen attacked the US Consulate in the Saudi city of Jeddah.
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Two Arabs, a US citizen and an Asian working for the Saudi Arabian Trading and Contracting Company were abducted today in Iraq, Agence France-Presse reported citing a spokesman for the Iraqi interior ministry.
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BAGHDAD, Iraq Sept. 16, 2004 - 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.
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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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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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Insurgents killed three British troops and wounded eight others from a unit sent to high-risk central Iraq to free US forces for an assault on the militant stronghold Fallujah.
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Three U.S. soldiers were killed by a  roadside bomb attack on their convoy in eastern Baghdad on  Tuesday night, the U.S. military said Wednesday.
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The U.S. military recovered the bodies Tuesday of two missing soldiers from an area it said was rigged with explosives. An Iraqi official said the Americans were tortured and killed in a &quot;barbaric&quot; way.
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Eight US marines are reported to have been killed and at least nine are said to be injured during an attack west of Baghdad. The US military gave no details on the deaths, which it said occurred in the western
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MOSUL, IRAQ - Three foreigners and their Iraqi driver died Friday when gunmen attacked their car at an intersection in Iraq&#39;s third-largest city, witnesses told police.
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US and Iraqi forces said they had captured almost three quarters of Fallujah on Wednesday, and Iraqi troops had found &quot;hostage slaughterhouses&quot; where foreign captives had been held and killed.
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An Iraqi farmer said Sunday that he saw seven heavily armed gunmen capture two American soldiers during an attack on a road checkpoint south of Baghdad, while U.S. troops searched for their comrades for a second day. Another Iraqi said the Americans were offering &#36;100,000 for information leading to the abductors, but the U.S. command denied that.
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The U.S. military said on Monday three of its soldiers were killed by insurgents in Baghdad on Sunday.
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(CBS/AP) Gunmen abducted two Americans and a Briton in a brazen attack Thursday on a residence in an upscale Baghdad neighborhood housing many embassies and foreign companies.
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The United States on Thursday confirmed that two Americans and one Briton were abducted in Iraq&#39;s capital Baghdad. &quot;I can confirm for you the US embassy has informed us