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Jan 182006
 

Journalist Jill Carroll has been working in Iraq since October 2003.BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) — An American journalist’s kidnappers threatened to kill her unless the United States releases all female Iraqi prisoners within 72 hours, the Arabic-language TV network Al-Jazeera said after it aired a video showing her Tuesday.

Al-Jazeera released no details on how it obtained the video, which it said is from her kidnappers.

On its English-language Web site, the Qatar-based network said the abductors identified themselves as members of a previously unknown armed group called the "Brigades of Vengeance."

No one had previously claimed responsibility for the abduction.

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Neighborhood residents gather to view the wreckage from a roadside bomb Tuesday in Baghdad.BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) — An engineer was kidnapped and 10 Iraqis were killed Wednesday when gunmen attacked three vehicles in western Baghdad, police said.

The vehicles belonged to a firm in charge of protecting employees of the Iraqna telecommunications company. They were driving in the al-Jamia neighborhood when the ambush occurred about 9:45 a.m. (1:45 a.m. ET) Seven bodyguards and three drivers were killed, and the engineer, who is from Malawi, was kidnapped, police said.

About 30 minutes earlier, three Iraqi police and one civilian were killed in a roadside bomb attack on a police patrol in al-Sa’diya, about 45 miles (70 km) east of Baquba. Four police were also wounded.

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Leo with his parents Cherie and Tony after Blair’s election victory last year.LONDON, England — Fathers’ rights campaigners planned to kidnap British Prime Minister Tony Blair’s youngest son for a publicity stunt, according to reports in the British media.

Citing an unnamed security source, The Sun newspaper on Wednesday said people on the fringe of the Fathers 4 Justice (F4J) group aimed to snatch 5-year-old Leo Blair and hold him for a short period.

Following the report, the group — which campaigns for the rights of divorced fathers — suspended its activities and confirmed that police had questioned some of its former members before Christmas.

According to media reports, police foiled the plan at an early stage, and it was unclear whether the people involved had the capability to carry it out or how far the scheme had progressed.

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