September 8th 2004 - 7am.com News
Most remaining international aid agencies in Iraq are expected to pull out following the kidnapping of two Italian humanitarian workers. A coordinator for non-governmental groups in Baghdad, Jean-Dominique Bunel, says he is reviewing the situation, after meeting to discuss security with international aid agencies. Yesterday a group of gunmen stormed the offices of an aid agency and abducted two Italian women who were volunteers there. Meanwhile the French government has begun crisis talks on the fate of two French hostages held in Iraq as another deadline looms to pay a multi-million-dollar ransom for them. The two men have been held by Islamic militants since August the 20th. |