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French engineer 'seized in Iraq'
 A French water treatment engineer has been kidnapped in Baghdad, Iraqi police have said. Witnesses said seven gunmen in two cars stopped the man outside his home in Baghdad's western district of Mansour. The French foreign ministry has confirmed that a French national is missing, naming him as Bernard Planche. Baghdad's relatively affluent western district of Mansour has seen a steady stream of kidnappings in recent years. Western contractors and many Iraqi officials live in the area. Two French journalists were kidnapped in Iraq in 2004 and eventually freed after weeks in captivity. France's government has subsequently tried to dissuade its nationals from travelling to Iraq. Posted by: Steve 2005-12-05 |
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