Zarqawi Group Kidnaps Japanese Man in Iraq -TV
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A group led by al Qaeda ally Abu Musab  al-Zarqawi said it had taken hostage a Japanese man in Iraq and  gave the Japanese government 48 hours to withdraw its forces  from the country, Al Jazeera television said on Tuesday.
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Japan sought international and Iraqi help  for a Japanese man held hostage in Iraq on Thursday, less than  24 hours before a deadline set by his captors to behead him  unless Japan withdraws its troops.
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A group led by al Qaeda ally Abu Musab al-Zarqawi showed the beheading of Japanese hostage Shosei Koda in Iraq while he was lying on top of a US flag in an Internet video posted on Tuesday.
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A militant group led by Jordanian terrorist Abu Musab al-Zarqawi claimed responsibility Monday for kidnapping and then releasing three family members of Iraq's interim prime minister, Ayad Allawi.
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DUBAI, Sept 21: A militant group headed by Al Qaeda ally Abu Musab al-Zarqawi has killed second American captive in Iraq after the lapse of a 24-hour deadline on Tuesday, Arabic channel Al Jazeera said.
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A group led by al Qaeda ally Abu Musab al-Zarqawi threatened to behead a Japanese hostage it said worked with Japanese forces in Iraq if Tokyo did not withdraw its forces from the country within 48 hours.
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Al Qaeda ally Abu Musab al-Zarqawi&#39;s militant group threatened to behead a Japanese hostage it said worked with Japan&#39;s forces in Iraq if Tokyo did not withdraw its troops from the country within 48 hours.
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A group led by al Qaeda ally Abu Musab al-Zarqawi threatened to behead a Japanese hostage in Iraq if Tokyo did not withdraw its troops, but Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi said Japan&#39;s contingent would stay put.
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Japan scrambled Wednesday to win the release a 24-year old Japanese man taken hostage by Islamic militants in Iraq, dispatching high level diplomats to the middle east and launching an appeal for his freedom on Arabic television.
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Iraq announced the capture of a senior  aide to leading militant Abu Musab al-Zarqawi Monday, hours  after Zarqawi claimed responsibility for a suicide car bombing  near the offices of Prime Minister Iyad Allawi.
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Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, who leads a militant group affiliated with the al-Qaida network, on Tuesday claimed that his group is responsible for the murder of Japanese hostage Shosei Koda, while repeating demands that Japan pull its troops out of Iraq.
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Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, who leads a militant group affiliated with the al-Qaida network, on Tuesday claimed that his group is responsible for the murder of Japanese hostage Shosei
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Japanese leaders struggled on Thursday to make contact with Islamic militants in Iraq who took a Japanese traveler hostage as the 48-hour deadline approached for the young man's threatened beheading. Tokyo stood firm in its refusal to meet the kidnappers' demand to withdraw troops from Iraq.
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The Arab television station Al-Jazeera has broadcast a videotape purportedly showing a British and two American hostages being held in Iraq by a militant group led by a suspected ally of the al-Qaida terror network, Abu Musab al-Zarqawi.
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A militant group led by al Qaeda ally Abu Musab al-Zarqawi killed British hostage Kenneth Bigley in Iraq, Abu Dhabi Television said on Friday, quoting &quot;informed&quot; sources in Iraq.
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Al Qaeda ally Abu Musab al-Zarqawi's militant group threatened to behead a Japanese hostage it said worked with Japan's forces in Iraq if Tokyo did not withdraw its troops from the country within 48 hours.
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Iraq announced the capture of a senior  aide to leading militant Abu Musab al-Zarqawi on Monday, hours  after Zarqawi claimed responsibility for a suicide car bomb  near the offices of Prime Minister Iyad Allawi.