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...For a better society... Friday, September 17 2004 Vol 17 No.30 News Editorial Politics Opinion Foreign News Fashion Metro Sports Features Columnists View from America Business Money/Market Maritime Aviation Motoring Rail/Road 2 Americans, Briton kidnapped in Iraq CHINWE MADUAGWU, (with agency reports) The spate of kidnappings continued in Iraq yesterday with the abduction of two Americans and a Briton from their homes in Baghdad, the capital. This brings to 20 the number of people currently held hostage by various militant groups in Iraq. Reports quoted an Iraqi Interior Ministry spokesman, Col. Aduan Abdul Rahman as saying that gunmen seized the three civilians at dawn from a house in Baghdad’s Mansour neighbourhood. "Two Americans and a British civilian were kidnapped from their house in Mansur district in Baghdad this morning around 0600 (0200 GMT), Col. Rahman stated. He said the men who were employees of Gulf Services Company, a Middle East-based construction company, were bundled into a van and driven off. Meanwhile, reports said a car was missing from the house where the men were abducted, and was apparently taken by their abductors. As at press time, no group had claimed responsibility for the kidnappings, even as both the US and British embassies say they were investigating the incident. Reports said the Mansour district is a wealthy residential area on the River Tigris where many multinational companies have their headquarters. Many foreign businessmen and contractor are also said to live there if they are not staying in the heavily-guarded green zone. Following the formal declaration of the end of the Iraqi war in May last year, insurgents have taken to kidnapping foreigners so as to destabilize the interim government which they see as a stooge for the American government. In the past 19 months, over 100 foreigners have been kidnapped. While some were released, some were killed, and few others remained under captivity. Among those who are still being held are two female Italian aid workers and two French journalists. Those killed so far include 12 Nepalese cleaners and cooks, two Pakistanis, two Bulgarian truck drivers, an Italian journalist, a Turkish laundry worker, a South Korean translator and an American businessman. Kidnappers have vowed not to spare any one seen to be helping the Americans. � 2004 @ Champion Newspapers Limited (All Right Reserved). Powered By dnetsystems.net dnet�

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