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Al Qaeda group killed 4 Russian hostages  The statement, video on a Web site: the Mujahedeen Shura Council had beheaded 3 of the men and shot 1 to death Insurgents captured U.S. soldiers FBI: Body of U.S. hostage found Abducted journalist makes new plea on TV Captors: Last chance for demand Video airs of purported hostages Agency halts aid projects after kidnap Italians freed, Frenchmen to be released Kidnapped Iranian diplomat freed Six Egyptians taken Militants take Egyptian diplomat hostage 50 foreigners held hostage Japanese, Koreans taken hostage



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Summary.     Click for More > BBC man: I felt buried alive BBC reporter Alan Johnston freed  Johnston, kidnapped March 12 by a group calling itself the Army of Islam, was wearing blue jeans and looking gaunt Video released of BBC's Johnston Five Britons seized   4 bodyguards and a finance expert have been kidnapped from Iraq's finance ministry. The kidnappers wore police uniforms Kidnapping in Iraq aimed at Germans Missing teens discovered alive Gunmen in uniforms kidnap 20-30 Iraq's deputy health minister kidnapped Gunmen grab up to 100 from institute   The minister of higher education ordered universities closed until security improves Abduction claim of Fox News journalists   Hezbollah kidnapping prompts Israeli move

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Jul.4   Jerusalem
Jul.3   Gaza
Jun.1   Gaza
May.29   Baghdad
Mar.10   Iraq

year 2006 ... more >
Dec.14   Baghdad
Nov.19   Baghdad
Nov.14   Baghdad
Aug.23   Gaza
Jul.12   Southern Lebanon
  Guerrillas killed 3 Israeli soldiers and captured 2 more, prompting airstrikes and military raids inside southern Lebanon.    Israel has launched air strikes on bridges and roads in southern Lebanon to stop Hezboll...
Jun.25   Iraq
Jun.17   Baghdad
Mar.10   Iraq
Feb.9   Kuwait
Jan.28   Iraq

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Nov.29   Iraq

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Oct.19   Iraq
Sep.28   Iraq
Sep.27   Iraq
Sep.24   Baghdad
Jul.23   Iraq
May.29   Saudi Arabia
Apr.8   Iraq

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Bodies of kidnapped US contractors found U.S. sent fingers of Iraq kidnap victims Dubai rape teen negative for HIV Belgians in Iran freed   BBC man: I felt buried alive   Alan Johnston hanked his supporters and saying he was moved by all the people who took the time to support him when he needed it most BBC reporter Alan Johnston freed

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Mar.13   Iraq

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Jan.18   United Arab Emirates

year 2007 Top ^

Aug.14   Iran
Jul.4   Jerusalem
Jul.3   Gaza
  Johnston, kidnapped March 12 by a group calling itself the Army of Islam, was wearing blue jeans and looking gaunt
 TV pictures showed Johnston, 45, leaving a building and entering a car, accompanied by armed men. Calls were made for his release in rallies worldwide
Jun.17   Gaza 'Kidnappers' deny Johnston deal Afghan police hit by suicide bomb, 35 killed Jun.15   Lebanon Hezbollah detain Lebanese police Jun.1   Gaza Video released of BBC's Johnston   A video has appeared on the internet showing the first pictures of Alan Johnston since his abduction in Gaza on 12 March May.29   Baghdad Five Britons seized
  4 bodyguards and a finance expert have been kidnapped from Iraq's finance ministry. The kidnappers wore police uniforms
May.27   Iraq U.S. frees 42 al Qaeda kidnap victims   Gaza Official: BBC reporter alive Apr.3   Baghdad Kidnapped Iranian diplomat released Gunmen seize bus Mar.13   Eritrea European hostages freed Mar.12   Iran Former Iranian official likely kidnapped Mar.10   Iraq Kidnapping in Iraq aimed at Germans  Militants holding a woman and her son hostage demanded that Germany withdraw its troops from Afghanistan Missing teens discovered alive

year 2006 Top ^

Dec.18   Gaza Kidnapping mar Palestinian cease-fire Dec.17   Baghdad Kidnapping overshadows Blair visit Dec.14   Baghdad Gunmen in uniforms kidnap 20-30  Armed men in outdated National Police uniforms arrived in 10 vehicles and rounded up shop owners, street vendors Nov.19   Baghdad Iraq's deputy health minister kidnapped   At least 24 gunmen stormed the house of Ammar al-Saffar and abducted him Nov.18  Baghdad  Video emerges in hunt for hostages Nov.14   Baghdad Most hostages freed after kidnapping   Baghdad Gunmen grab up to 100 from institute
  The minister of higher education ordered universities closed until security improves.    80 gunmen were clad in Iraqi National Police uniforms and targeted the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research-Scholars...
Oct.24   Baghdad Masked men abducted U.S. soldier Oct.4   Baghdad Iraq police brigade aided abuctors Aug.27   Gaza Kidnapped Fox journalists released Girl 'found' after years   Gaza Abduction claim of Fox News journalists  The Holy Jihad Brigades called for the release of Arabs from U.S. jails Jul.12   Southern Lebanon   Hezbollah kidnapping prompts Israeli move
  Guerrillas killed 3 Israeli soldiers and captured 2 more, prompting airstrikes and military raids inside southern Lebanon
 Israel has launched air strikes on bridges and roads in southern Lebanon to stop Hezbollah moving the soldiers. Israeli cabinet endorsed a strong response against the militants
Jul.3   Gaza Militants' deadline expires Jun.25   Iraq Al Qaeda group killed 4 Russian hostages
  The statement, video on a Web site: the Mujahedeen Shura Council had beheaded 3 of the men and shot 1 to death.    On June 3 a car came under fire; Russian Embassy official Vitaly Titov in the attack, and diplomats Fyodor Zaitsev, Rinat Agliuglin, Anatoly Smirnov and O...
Jun.17   Baghdad Insurgents captured U.S. soldiers  Iraqi witnesses say they saw 2 U.S. soldiers being led away by masked insurgents to a pair of cars May.16   Baghdad UAE diplomat kidnapped Mar.30   Iraq Journalist Carroll freed Mar.10   Iraq FBI: Body of U.S. hostage found  The body of Tom Fox, a Christian peace advocate, has been found Feb.9   Kuwait Abducted journalist makes new plea on TV  Journalist Jill Carroll appeared on Kuwaiti TV, urging the U.S. government to meet her kidnappers' demands Jan.28   Iraq Captors: Last chance for demand  Kidnappers have renewed their threat to kill four Western hostages unless U.S.-led forces release Iraqi prisoners Jan.17   Baghdad Journalist's kidnappers make demands Jan.1   Gaza Italian hostages freed in Gaza, Yemen

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Dec.30   Gaza British hostages freed, say Palestinians Nov.29   Iraq Video airs of purported hostages  Al-Jazeera broadcast a video issued by an unknown group showing what it claimed were 4 hostages Jul.21   Baghdad Algerian diplomats kidnapped Jul.3   Baghdad Egypt ambassador to Iraq kidnapped Italy hostage released in Kabul May.22   Iraq Romanian journalists freed Jan.17   Northern Iraq Catholic archbishop kidnapped in Mosul

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Oct.19   Iraq Agency halts aid projects after kidnap  CARE International has suspended operations in Iraq, after the director of the charity's work there was kidnapped Sep.28   Iraq   Italians freed, Frenchmen to be released  2 women kidnapped 3 weeks ago have been released and 2 journalists are set to be freed in 48 hours Sep.27   Iraq   Kidnapped Iranian diplomat freed  Fereidoun Jahani, who was kidnapped in Iraq in early August, arrived at the Iranian embassy in Baghdad Sep.24   Baghdad Six Egyptians taken  Gunmen have seized Egyptians in a raid on their Baghdad office Standoff school siege Jul.23   Iraq Militants take Egyptian diplomat hostage  Militants displayed on videotape 8 hostages -- 7 truck drivers and the third-highest Egyptian diplomat in Iraq May.29   Saudi Arabia 50 foreigners held hostage  Security forces have surrounded an oil company housing compound in the city of Khobar. The gunmen killed 16 people Apr.8   Iraq   Japanese, Koreans taken hostage  3 Japanese citizens and 7 South Korean civilians have been taken hostage in Iraq, where fighting has escalated

year 2003 Top ^

14 European hostages released