Report: 2 more Japanese abducted in Iraq

[Flagg]

Report: 2 more Japanese abducted in Iraq

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

TOKYO -- The Japanese government was investigating a news report that two more Japanese had been abducted in Iraq, an official said Thursday.

A Kyodo News service report said an unidentified Japanese organization had received an e-mail saying the two were abducted Wednesday.

The Japanese were abducted in Abu Ghraib, a district about 7 miles west of central Baghdad where gunmen have repeatedly attacked convoys and battled U.S. forces, the report said.

The two may have been on their way to cover the emergency landing of a U.S. military helicopter, the report said, suggesting they were journalists.

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[opihimoimoi]

1. Yeah, Cheney went over to inform Koizumi to hold the fort never mind only

3 prisoners.... now its 5.

Cheap price for towing the line? Wait till its 589 prisoners?

Bush and Cheney went up the wrong trail, got lost, and now they are flummoxed beyond tears.

Have to lie their way out. No wonder Bush looks all fk'd up.

[Just Me]

2. The reports seem to indicate that those "militants",...

,...are sorting out and releasing non-combatants,...and the Japanese offered only non-combatant assistance.

Of course, that is just my impression of the various reports I have read about alleged "hostages".

Whaddya think?

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