Turkey Says Three Hostages Released in Iraq

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Turkey Says Three Hostages Released in Iraq

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ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Turkey on Tuesday said three Turkish hostages held under threat of execution by an al Qaeda-linked militant group in Iraq (news - web sites) had been freed.


"We only know they have been released," a Turkish government official told Reuters, saying he had no other immediate details.


Al Jazeera television, monitored in Dubai, said a group led by suspected al Qaeda operative Abu Musab al-Zarqawi had freed the three.


The group had kidnapped the three civilian workers last week and threatened to behead them on Tuesday unless Turks (news - web sites) stopped working for U.S.-led forces in Iraq.

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