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Hijackers in Iraq threaten to kill Romanian journalists
www.chinaview.cn 2005-04-23 09:26:15

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.
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

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