Turkish companies have pulled out of Iraq, therefore and Islamic group announced the release of 10 Turkish hostages. Salafist Abu Kakr al-Seddig
Group had been holding the hostages for at least 40 days.
news.com.au
AN Islamist group in Iraq announced today it had released 10 Turkish hostages after their company pulled out of the country, Al-Jazeera television
reported.
"An armed group calling itself Salafist Abu Bakr al-Seddiq Group released 10 Turkish hostages it had been holding for 40 days," the news channel
said.
"The group said in a statement that the 10 were freed after the Turkish company (employing them) stopped operations and totally pulled out of Iraq,"
Al-Jazeera added.
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The Ankara-based Vinsan company, announced on September 21st that they would withdraw their company from Iraq after the 10 people were taken hostage.
Veziroglu said Vinsan claim that they had no partnership with the US in building highways in Iraq.
Salafist Abu Bakr al-Seddiq Group demanded that Turkey remove it's workers from Iraq or they would be executed. The 10 turkish workers were freed
when the company completely pulled out of Iraq and all operations were suspended.
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[edit on 10-10-2004 by deeprivergal]
