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| Insurgents in Iraq threatened to kill three
Romanian journalists they kidnapped last month, unlessthe Romanian
government pulls out troops from Iraq, the Qatar-basedal-Jazeera TV
channel reported Friday. (Photo:
Xinhua/AFP) |
BAGHDAD, April 22 (Xinhuanet) -- Insurgents in Iraq
threatened to kill three Romanian journalists they kidnapped last month,
unlessthe Romanian government pulls out troops from Iraq, the
Qatar-basedal-Jazeera TV channel reported Friday.
"The militants gave the Romanian
government four days from thedate of the videotape to withdraw from Iraq
or they would kill them," the broadcaster of the Arabic TV said.
Romania has about 730 troops in Iraq.
The video showed the three journalists sitting on the
ground with militants' weapons pointing to their heads.
The three journalists, two men and a woman, were kidnapped
on March 28 in Baghdad. Enditem |