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BAGHDAD, Iraq — Eight employees of a
Russian energy company seized by masked
gunmen who broke into their house in
Baghdad were released unharmed Tuesday
after less than a day in captivity, the Russian
Foreign Ministry said.
Dozens of foreigners from at least 12
countries have reportedly been kidnapped in
recent days. Nine Americans were missing,
including a Mississippi man whose abductors
have threatened to kill him.
The abduction of the five Ukrainians and
three Russians at their residence Monday
appeared to be a new tactic by kidnappers. All
the past kidnappings have come on the roads,
with civilians whisked away after their vehi
cles come under attack.
Russian Foreign Ministry spokesman
Alexander Yakovenko said that no one had
claimed responsibility for the kidnapping and
no demands were known to have been made
prior to the release of the captives. The men
work for the Russian energy company
Interenergoservis, which is restoring a power
plant near Baghdad.
“As a result of the efforts made during the
past hours by the Russian side, all the special
ists of Interenergoservis who were abducted
on the evening of April 12 have been
released,” the ministry said in a statement.
It said the captives had returned to their
residence in Baghdad and none had been hurt.
Ukraine has 1,6(X) troops helping keep
security in southern Iraq. Russia has none
and opposed the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq
last year.
Yakovenko noted the U.S.-led coalition
was responsible for maintaining security in
Iraq.
“Abductions of foreign citizens in Iraq
have resulted from a sharp escalation of ten
sions in the country', for the security of which
the coalition authorities are now responsible,”
he said.
The U.S. military' said two American sol
diers and seven employees of U.S. contractor
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Kellogg, Brown & Root were missing in
Iraq. They disappeared after their convoy
was ambushed Friday near Abu Ghraib, w est
of Baghdad.
Only one, Thomas Hamili, a 43-year-old
truck driver from Mississippi, is known to
have been abducted. His captors have
threatened to kill and mutilate him unless
U.S. troops ended their assault on the city
of Fallujah. The deadline
passed Sunday with no word
on his fate.
The U.S. Department of
Defense identified the two
missing soldiers as Sgt. Elmer
C. Krause, 40, of Greensboro.
N.C., and Pfc. Keith M.
Maupin, 20, of Batavia, Ohio.
Both W'ere assigned to the
Anny Reserves 724th
Transportation Company,
Bartonville, Ill.
Seven Chinese men
abducted by gunmen in the
city of Fallujah, west of
Baghdad, were freed late
Monday, the Chinese govern
ment said. A brief Foreign
Ministry statement from
Beijing said the men were
released to an Iraqi religious group who
passed them on to diplomats. “Their health
and spirits are good." the statement said.
Abductions of
foreign citizens in
Iraq have resulted
from a sharp
escalation of
tensions in the
country.
The Japanese hostages werebei
a previously unknown group calling
“Mujahedeen Brigades,’’ which fe-
Japan pull its troops out of Iraq wnlm
days or it would bum them alive.
Koizumi has staunchly refused to
the withdrawal, and the deadline can
went with no word on their fate.
Also Monday, a member of t)
appointed Governing
said at least 12 foreign
have been released.
Abdul-Hamid did not
the nationalities of the
hostages or where they
However, a member
office reached later
number of those relei
unclear.
Earlier,
spokesman for Isi
Clerics Committee,
insurgents had released
hostages of various ni
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The seven had entered Iraq from Jordan on
Saturday and were captured the next day,
China’s Foreign Ministry' said.
China hasn’t contributed irtxvps to the
U.S.-led military force in Iraq and it was
unclear why the seven were there. The official
Xinhua News Agency described them as vil
lagers who went to the Middle East on their
ow n from a Chinese region w ith a tradition of
sending migrants abroad to work. State televi
sion said they didn ’t work for China’s govern
ment or a state company .
In Tokyo, optimism faded Monday that
three Japanese civilians abducted last week
would be released quickly after a top govern
ment spokesman suggested authorities were
no longer confident of their safety.
w-ere included in
The nine were truck drivers forli
supply convoys, which have corns
heavy attack in recent days fypod ieshave
the western and southern ouisfe roops mi
Baghdad.
1 ight of the nine treed hostages^ seen
in .i video broadcast Sunday on Alla
The eight included two Turks,
Pakistanis, a Nepalese, a Filipinom!
Indian. The identity of the ninth hoste
not immediately known
Thailand and New Zealand said
forces in Iraq had been confined total
ters because of increasing unrest and
gov ernments said they were mulling ill nosques.
to bring them home ahead of schedule
Thailand’s 443-member contingeuot
diers is scheduled to stay in h\
September. New Zealand has 60 aran
neers in the southern city of Basra.
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Wohlgemuth emerged as the candidate
who will represent the Republican
party for the District 17 race against
Chet Edwards, D-Texas, in the
November general elections.
Wohlgemuth received 17,010 votes
(54 percent) and Snyder received
14,494 votes (46 percent).
Wohlgemuth said she is the best can
didate for District 17 because she repre
sents the views and values of the district.
“I believe that people will see that I
have had a record of proven conserva
tive leadership, and Edwards does not
reflect those conservative values, which
is evident in his liberal voting record,”
Wohlgemuth said.
Snyder said she would have repre
sented District 17 well due to her con
servative values, and that she saw her
self as a problem solver, unlike
Wohlgemuth.
”1 am a problem solver, not a politi
cian. and I am a conservative that rep
resents the views and values of District
17,” Snyder said.
Wohlgemuth said that as one of the
largest employers in the district, the suc
cess of A&M is an important issue to
concentrate on, and that the plan to
appropriate money to improve Highway
21 is proof of her efforts to bring busi
nesses to the Brazos Valley.
“Bringing businesses to the Brazos
Valley will be advantageous not only to
the area but Texas A&M as well."
Wohlgemuth said.
Edwards said he is looking forward
to the campaign for the District 17 race
in November against Wohlgemuth.
“1 congratulate Wohlgemuth for
winning the election, though I believe
her negative attacks have helped jump-
start our campaign,” Edwards said.
Edwards said his general cam
paign will begin Wednesday in
Brazos County at Savannah’s Porch
at 5:30 p.m.
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Man facing extradition on
murder charges commits s
PARIS (AP) — A New Jersey man
France after allegedly killing his lover in
United States committed suicide by
himself with a bedsheet from a drainage pif«|
his French jail cell, his lawyer said Tuesday
Paul Eduardovich Goldman, 39, a
U.S. citizen, killed himself Sunday afternoor
prison in the suburbs of Grenoble, in theRei
Alps, even though he was under suicide
said attorney Arnold Levy-Soussan.
‘‘He hanged himself with a sheet in hi
the lawyer told The Associated Press ''
already tried to commit suicide at the start
incarceration in January. So he was
among detainees under special surveillaocs
‘‘I don't understand because he was not
to be left alone and to be under constant
veillance. But that wasn’t the case,
authorities made a big mistake. That is
said Levy-Soussan.
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