Homes for Sale in East Bay (San Francisco Bay Area)
Real Estate: Danville homes, Alameda County homes, Contra Costa County homes, Concord homes, Walnut Creek homes, Livermore, East Bay homes, Berkeley, San Ramon Danville Alamo homes, Pleasanton homes, Hayward homes, Orinda Moraga Lafayette homes, Walnut Creek Concord Pleasant Hill homes, Dublin homes, Orinda homes, Moraga homes, Lafayette homes, Antioch, Castro Valley homes, San Ramon homes, San Leandro, Pleasant Hill homes, San Lorenzo, Clayton, Alamo homes

World News   Iraq   Crime   Kidnapping
Iraq, Kidnapping Timeline Friday, July 4     Author
Search World News Atlas:

Masked men abducted U.S. soldier. Baghdad Iraq police brigade aided abuctors. Baghdad Hezbollah kidnapping prompts Israeli move UAE diplomat kidnapped. Baghdad Journalist Carroll freed Captors: Last chance for demand  Kidnappers have renewed their threat to kill four Western hostages unless U.S.-led forces release Iraqi prisoners Journalist's kidnappers make demands. Baghdad Video airs of purported hostages  Al-Jazeera broadcast a video issued by an unknown group showing what it claimed were 4 hostages Algerian diplomats kidnapped. Baghdad Egypt ambassador to Iraq kidnapped. Baghdad Romanian journalists freed Agency halts aid projects after kidnap Italians freed, Frenchmen to be released Kidnapped Iranian diplomat freed Six Egyptians taken. Baghdad Militants take Egyptian diplomat hostage   Japanese, Koreans taken hostage  3 Japanese citizens and 7 South Korean civilians have been taken hostage in Iraq, where fighting has escalated Hostages at Iraqi embassy. Berlin



World News
    Iraq (633)
        Crime (253)
            Kidnapping


                Hostage Freed (21)

                2007 (5)
                2006 (28)
                2005 (18)
                2004 (35)
                2003
                2002 (2)
                2000 (25)

                   Baghdad (28)


                Kidnapping on Wikipedia
                Kidnapping on Web
                Kidnapping Books

Summary.     Click for More >
Five Britons seized  Baghdad: 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 Gunmen in uniforms kidnap 20-30. Baghdad Iraq's deputy health minister kidnapped. Baghdad Most hostages freed after kidnapping. Baghdad Gunmen grab up to 100 from institute

year 2007 ... more >
May.29
Mar.10

year 2006 ... more >
Dec.14
Nov.19
Nov.14
  Baghdad: 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
Oct.4
May.16
Mar.30
Jan.28
Jan.17

year 2005 ... more >
Nov.29
Jul.21
Jul.3
May.22

year 2004 ... more >
Oct.19
Sep.28
Sep.27
Sep.24
Jul.23
Apr.8

year 2002 ... more >
Aug.20

Add a favorite (file a bookmark) to Iraq, Kidnapping Timeline

Please send feedback to: support@mapreport.com

Advertise on Iraq, Kidnapping Page

Real Estate: Danville homes, Alameda County homes, Contra Costa County homes, Concord homes, Walnut Creek homes, Livermore, East Bay homes, Berkeley, San Ramon Danville Alamo homes, Pleasanton homes, Hayward homes, Orinda Moraga Lafayette homes, Walnut Creek Concord Pleasant Hill homes, Dublin homes, Orinda homes, Moraga homes, Lafayette homes, Antioch, Castro Valley homes, San Ramon homes, San Leandro, Pleasant Hill homes, San Lorenzo, Clayton, Alamo homes

Details:

Bodies of kidnapped US contractors found U.S. sent fingers of Iraq kidnap victims PM Brown: Hostage video deplorable. London Five Britons seized

March 2008 ... more > Top ^

Mar.24
Mar.13

February 2008 ... more > Top ^

Feb.27

year 2007 Top ^

May.29
  Baghdad: 4 bodyguards and a finance expert have been kidnapped from Iraq's finance ministry. The kidnappers wore police uniforms
May.27  U.S. frees 42 al Qaeda kidnap victims Apr.3  Kidnapped Iranian diplomat released Gunmen seize bus Mar.10 Kidnapping in Iraq aimed at Germans  Militants holding a woman and her son hostage demanded that Germany withdraw its troops from Afghanistan

year 2006 Top ^

Dec.17 Kidnapping overshadows Blair visit. Baghdad Dec.14 Gunmen in uniforms kidnap 20-30  Baghdad: Armed men in outdated National Police uniforms arrived in 10 vehicles and rounded up shop owners, street vendors Nov.19 Iraq's deputy health minister kidnapped   Baghdad: At least 24 gunmen stormed the house of Ammar al-Saffar and abducted him Nov.18  Video emerges in hunt for hostages Nov.17  Contractors abducted Nov.16  Ministry hostages 'tortured' Nov.15  Fate of kidnapped Iraqis still unclear Nov.14 Most hostages freed after kidnapping   Baghdad: Iraqi Interior Ministry official: Most of those kidnapped from a research institute have been freed Gunmen grab up to 100 from institute
  Baghdad: 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-Scholarships and Cultural Relations Directorate building. The directorate had a guard force of about 20 -- not enough to resist the abductors
Oct.24 Masked men abducted U.S. soldier  Baghdad: The soldier was handcuffed forced into a vehicle, the U.S. military said, offering a relative's account Oct.4 Iraq police brigade aided abuctors  Baghdad: The Interior Ministry has removed a brigade from the streets because of a brazen kidnapping of 26 people Aug.26  Kidnapped lawmaker released Girl 'found' after years Jul.31 Gunmen kidnap 25 people. Baghdad Jul.15  Gunmen kidnap Olympic leader Hezbollah kidnapping prompts Israeli move Jul.4 Minister's convoy snatched. Baghdad Al Qaeda group killed 4 Russian hostages Jun.21  50 workers snatched in bus hijacking Jun.14  Crackdown reveals hostages Jun.5 Police impostors kidnap 50. Baghdad May.16 UAE diplomat kidnapped  Baghdad: Gunmen kidnapped the in an upscale neighborhood, wounding his bodyguard in the process Mar.30 Journalist Carroll freed  American hostage, a freelance journalist released after 3 months in captivity, said she was 'treated very wel' FBI: Body of U.S. hostage found Mar.8 Gunmen seize 50 Iraq security men. Baghdad Jan.28 Captors: Last chance for demand
  Kidnappers have renewed their threat to kill four Western hostages unless U.S.-led forces release Iraqi prisoners
Jan.22 Many abducted Iraqis found dead Jan.17 Journalist's kidnappers make demands  Baghdad: The kidnappers who abducted Jill Carroll, 28, demanded that the U.S. release all female Iraqi prisoners in 72 hours

year 2005 Top ^

Dec.29 Shias abducted and killed Dec.10 Deadline passes; no word on hostages Nov.29 Video airs of purported hostages
  Al-Jazeera broadcast a video issued by an unknown group showing what it claimed were 4 hostages
Jul.21 Algerian diplomats kidnapped  Baghdad: 2 diplomats were abducted outside a restaurant in Mansour neighborhood Jul.5 Web site: Al Qaeda holding envoy Jul.3 Egypt ambassador to Iraq kidnapped  Baghdad: Ihab al-Sherif, the first to represent an Arab country in post-war Iraq, was abducted near his home Jun.12 French journalist freed Italy hostage released in Kabul May.22 Romanian journalists freed  3 Romanian journalists and their Iraqi-American translator were freed after 2 months in captivity May.1 Australia: No hostage negotiations Apr.14 Pakistani hostage appears on video Apr.10 Pakistan appeals for envoy's release Mar.1 Reporter pleads for help in video Feb.6 4 Egyptians taken hostage. Baghdad Feb.4 Italian journalist abducted. Baghdad Jan.22 8 Chinese hostages freed Jan.18  Video shows 8 Chinese held in Iraq Jan.17 Catholic archbishop kidnapped in Mosul. Northern Iraq

year 2004 Top ^

Nov.20  Polish woman hostage released Nov.1  Six kidnapped in Baghdad Oct.27  Abducted aid worker seen in video Oct.21  Husband: Abduction 'really a shock' Oct.19 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.29 Hostage Bigley shown in new video  UK hopes for Iraq hostage contact Sep.28   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   Kidnapped Iranian diplomat freed  Fereidoun Jahani, who was kidnapped in Iraq in early August, arrived at the Iranian embassy in Baghdad Sep.24 Six Egyptians taken  Baghdad: Gunmen have seized Egyptians in a raid on their Baghdad office Sep.22 British hostage pleads for life on video Sep.19  Turkey confirms 10 kidnappings Sep.18  Group threatens to kill hostages Sep.16 2 Americans, Briton kidnapped. Baghdad Sep.15  Turkish hostage freed Sep.8  Fears grow for Italian hostages Sep.7  Italian aid workers among 5 kidnapped Standoff school siege Aug.31  France strives to free hostages Aug.29  End Headscarf Ban, Hostage Takers Warn Aug.22  Kidnappers free journalist Micah Garen Aug.8 Iranian consul abducted Aug.4  Jordanian hostages freed Jul.23 Militants take Egyptian diplomat hostage  Militants displayed on videotape 8 hostages -- 7 truck drivers and the third-highest Egyptian diplomat in Iraq Jul.15  Egyptian hostage in Iraq faces deadline Jul.12  Source: Filipino hostage to be released Jul.10  Fate of Filipino hostage unclear Jun.26 3 Turks 'face beheading' Jun.22  Uneasy wait for Korea hostage fate 50 foreigners held hostage May.2  Kidnapped U.S. contractor found safe Apr.12 Russian hostages seized  Chinese hostages released Apr.11  No word from hostage-takers Apr.8   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

year 2002 Top ^

Aug.20  Hostage crisis over Hostages at Iraqi embassy   Berlin: A previously unknown Iraqi opposition group has taken hostages including the ambassador

year 2000 Top ^

Elian reunited with father