Kidnappers released an Egyptian diplomat they had
seized outside a mosque, but two other militant groups threatened to
kill four new foreign hostages amid an escalating wave of kidnappings
aimed at forcing U.S.-allied countries and foreign contractors out of
Iraq. Mohammed Mamdouh Helmi Qutb, the third highest diplomat at the
Egyptian mission here, returned to work on Tuesday, a day after he was
released by kidnappers demanding Egypt not send security experts to
Iraq. As he arrived at the Egyptian Embassy in Mansour, northwest of
Baghdad, he thanked ``all the people concerned in securing his
release.'' ``Thanks to God, we are going to perform our work at the
embassy, there is no problem,'' Qutb told reporter. [more]
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