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Seven Chinese kidnapped on first day in Iraq
April 12, 2004 - 2:02PM
Seven Chinese men have been kidnapped in central Iraq, China's Xinhua news agency said today, the latest in a spate of hostage-taking in the war-ravaged country.
The abductions yesterday came days before a visit to China by US Vice President Dick Cheney, a key force behind the US-led invasion of Iraq, which China opposed.
The seven entered Iraq via Jordan on Sunday morning and were most probably abducted in Fallujah, west of Baghdad, Xinhua quoted a Chinese diplomat as saying.
Fallujah lies on the main highway from Amman, the capital of Jordan, to Baghdad.
The hostages were all from the coastal province of Fujian, the oldest 49 and the youngest 18, Xinhua said.
It did not say what they were doing in Iraq or why they should have been targeted.
China, regarded as a friend by Iraq's former Baathist government, objected to the US-led invasion of Iraq without UN backing. Beijing pledged $US24 million ($A31.42 million) for rebuilding the country at a donor conference in Madrid last year.
The People's Daily newspaper said today that many Chinese companies which returned to Iraq after the war had stepped up security after a wave of hostage-taking.
Newspapers showed pictures of armed Iraqi security guards on duty at a branch of the China Luzhou Petroleum Co Ltd in Iraq.
A British contractor and eight others held by Iraqi kidnappers were freed yesterday, but the fate of three Japanese and an American captive remained unclear.
Japan has about 550 ground troops in Iraq involved in reconstruction and humanitarian work. China has none.
Xinhua said Al Arabiya TV's correspondent in Fallujah reported he interviewed foreigners released yesterday who said they had met seven Chinese passport holders in captivity.
They were in good health and not handcuffed, Xinhua said.
It gave no further details, but reiterated China's opposition to the invasion and its refusal to send troops "to join the US-led coalition that occupies the war-ravaged country".
http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2004/04/12/1081621881548.html
OMFG.. what did we chinese do?
we opposed the war and these bumbles kidnap us?!
April 12, 2004 - 2:02PM
Seven Chinese men have been kidnapped in central Iraq, China's Xinhua news agency said today, the latest in a spate of hostage-taking in the war-ravaged country.
The abductions yesterday came days before a visit to China by US Vice President Dick Cheney, a key force behind the US-led invasion of Iraq, which China opposed.
The seven entered Iraq via Jordan on Sunday morning and were most probably abducted in Fallujah, west of Baghdad, Xinhua quoted a Chinese diplomat as saying.
Fallujah lies on the main highway from Amman, the capital of Jordan, to Baghdad.
The hostages were all from the coastal province of Fujian, the oldest 49 and the youngest 18, Xinhua said.
It did not say what they were doing in Iraq or why they should have been targeted.
China, regarded as a friend by Iraq's former Baathist government, objected to the US-led invasion of Iraq without UN backing. Beijing pledged $US24 million ($A31.42 million) for rebuilding the country at a donor conference in Madrid last year.
The People's Daily newspaper said today that many Chinese companies which returned to Iraq after the war had stepped up security after a wave of hostage-taking.
Newspapers showed pictures of armed Iraqi security guards on duty at a branch of the China Luzhou Petroleum Co Ltd in Iraq.
A British contractor and eight others held by Iraqi kidnappers were freed yesterday, but the fate of three Japanese and an American captive remained unclear.
Japan has about 550 ground troops in Iraq involved in reconstruction and humanitarian work. China has none.
Xinhua said Al Arabiya TV's correspondent in Fallujah reported he interviewed foreigners released yesterday who said they had met seven Chinese passport holders in captivity.
They were in good health and not handcuffed, Xinhua said.
It gave no further details, but reiterated China's opposition to the invasion and its refusal to send troops "to join the US-led coalition that occupies the war-ravaged country".
http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2004/04/12/1081621881548.html
OMFG.. what did we chinese do?
we opposed the war and these bumbles kidnap us?! 
