Two Pakistanis working for a Kuwait-based
company are feared kidnapped as Iraq's hostage crisis deepened, with at
least 22 countries affected by the wave of abductions. Fighting also
raged north of Baghdad, where Iraqi security forces killed 13 suspected
insurgents after coming under fire from mortars and rocket-propelled
grenades while providing security to US forces during a raid near the
town of Baquba. Pakistan said the two missing nationals, an engineer
and a driver believed to be working for the al-Tamimi Group, vanished
on Friday as they drove towards Baghdad. [more]
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