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* 25 July 2004 *

Iraq Hostage Crisis Spirals

1 hour, 13 minutes ago
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/nm/20040725/wl_nm/iraq_dc&cid=574&ncid=1480

as Iraq's hostage crisis deepened, with
at least 22 countries so far affected by the wave of abductions.
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BAGHDAD, Iraq - An Egyptian diplomat was freed by his captors Monday,
but 5 new kidnappings reported
. Two Jordanians, two Pakistanis, Iraqi shown in videos
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An "amazing" newslink List of Foreigners Taken Hostage in Iraq

Mon Jul 26, 2:58 PM ET

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20040726/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq_hostages_glance&cid=540&ncid=1473

Insurgents in Iraq have kidnapped nearly 70 people in their campaign
to drive out coalition forces and hamper reconstruction
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4 August 2004
U.S. Vows Not to Yield to Hostage-Takers

Wed Aug 4, 4:42 PM ET

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=540&e=1&u=/ap/20040804/ap_on_re_mi_ea/us_iraq_2

WASHINGTON - The United_States on Wednesday issued the first in a series of coordinated statements by nations vowing not to make concessions to hostage-takers in Iraq.

While the 31 nations in the U.S.-led coalition of peacekeeping troops share the suffering of the families of hostages,
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The Graces from Heaven President Carter committed himself to the safe return of the hostages while protecting America's interests and prestige. He pursued a policy of restraint that put

a higher value on the lives of the hostages than on American retaliatory power or protecting his own political future.
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