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Allawi urges Egypt to stand fast over diplomat kidnapping
Iraqi interim Prime Minister Iyad Allawi urged Egypt to stand firm and not yield to militants after gunmen dressed as police kidnapped Mohammed Mamdouh Helmi Qutb, the third ranking diplomat at the Egyptian mission in Baghdad. Egyptian authorities appealed for mercy and said they are working to free Qutb and another hostage, an Egyptian truck driver. Raad Adnan, head of Al Mansour Contracting Co., was seized in a daylight operation, with his driver released. the abduction used a fake checkpoint in southeast Baghdad.
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