UNITED24 - Make a charitable donation in support of Ukraine!

Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD)

[ rfe/rl banner ]

Two Foreign Hostages Released In Iraq

10 August 2004 -- A Jordanian official says two Jordanian truck drivers kidnapped by Iraqi militant groups were released.

Jordanian Foreign Ministry spokesman Ali al-Ayed told the Jordanian news agency Petra that the Jordanian diplomatic mission in Iraq received the two yesterday.

The two were kidnapped by a group called the Fighters of Iraq Death Squad on 26 July while driving trucks near the town of Al-Qaim close to the Iraqi-Syrian border.

Al-Ayed said the two are on their way to Jordan and expected to arrive today.

(dpa)

Copyright (c) 2004. RFE/RL, Inc. Reprinted with the permission of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, 1201 Connecticut Ave., N.W. Washington DC 20036. www.rferl.org



NEWSLETTER
Join the GlobalSecurity.org mailing list