More foreigners abducted in Iraq
3/11/2004 17:09
A Lebanese American contractor, a Filipino and four Jordanian
truck drivers were confirmed kidnapped in Iraq in recent days.
The American
contractor, who works for the US Army, was seized from his home in western
Baghdad around midnight Tuesday, Iraqi police said on Wednesday.
Armed gunmen
knocked at the door of his home and seized him when he answered the door. There
were apparently no guards at the time of the attack and no gunfire, police
said.
Jordanian government spokeswoman Asma Khodr said late Tuesday that four
Jordanian truck drivers were also kidnapped in Iraq. She did not tell when they
were abducted but said Jordan "will seize the opportunity ... to win the release
of the hostages."
The Philippines confirmed on Wednesday that a Filipino
civilian has been abducted in Iraq. Speaking at a news conference, Foreign
Secretary Alberto Romulo identified the hostage as Roberto Tarongoy, 31, an
accountant who he said was kidnapped in Baghdad on Monday.
The identities of
his captors were not known.
On Monday, armed assailants stormed the two-story
compound of a Saudi company, abducting six people, including an American, a
Nepalese, a Filipino and three Iraqis, after a bloody gunbattle that left an
Iraqi guard and one of the attackers dead.
Xinhua
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