VOA: 11 Killed, 6 Kidnapped in Iraq Violence (foreign truck drivers)

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11 Killed, 6 Kidnapped in Iraq Violence
VOA News
21 Jul 2004, 22:06 UTC

http://www.voanews.com/article.cfm?objectID=19FDD956-67DB-4D3D-8598B6D631BA9D8F

A militant group in Iraq has kidnapped six more foreign truck drivers and threatened to behead one every 72 hours if their countries do not withdraw all their citizens from Iraq.

A video sent to news organizations shows masked gunmen with the hostages: two Kenyans, three Indians and one Egyptian. The kidnappers also demanded that the Kuwaiti employer of the hostages stop doing business in Iraq.

At least 10 Iraqis and one U.S. soldier were killed in various violent incidents Thursday in Iraq. Six people died in separate bomb and missile attacks in Baghdad. At least four Iraqis were killed in clashes between U.S. Marines and gunmen in Ramadi, west of the capital.

North of Baghdad, a roadside bomb killed an American soldier and wounded six others.

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1. "American Cowboy Occupiers"

http://www.boston.com/dailynews/203/world/Six_foreign_truck_drivers_abdu:.shtml

''We have warned all the countries, companies, businessmen and truck drivers that those who deal with American cowboy occupiers will be targeted by the fires of the Mujahedeen,'' read a statement from the group that was obtained by The Associated Press. ''Here you are once again transporting goods, weapons and military equipment that backs the U.S. Army.''