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| Two Egyptians kidnapped in Baghdad |
| 2004-09-24 |
| Gunmen raided a building to seize two Egyptians during the night in Baghdad, in the third in a new series of audacious operations to kidnap foreigners in the capital this month. Last week, two Americans and a Briton were snatched from their home in Baghdad by armed men. A group led by Washington's top foe in Iraq, Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, beheaded the Americans, Eugene Armstrong and Jack Hensley, and posted video footage of the killings on the Internet. The group says it will also kill Briton Kenneth Bigley, 62, unless all Iraqi women are freed from U.S.-run jails. (All two of them, the Germ Twins) Earlier this month, gunmen kidnapped two women Italian aid workers in broad daylight in Baghdad. Internet statements from two guerrilla groups say they have been killed, but Italy's government has dismissed the claims as unreliable. Police said on Friday the Egyptians were snatched in their office late on Thursday by gunmen who overpowered and tied up their guards. They worked for the firm that runs the Baghdad mobile phone network. |
| Posted by:Mark Espinola |