IRAQ: BODY BELIEVED TO BE OF A WESTERNER FOUND NEAR SAMARRA/ THREE TURKISH TRUCK DRIVERS REPORTEDLY KIDNAPPED NORTH OF BAGHDAD

Record ID: 648067

  • Title: IRAQ: BODY BELIEVED TO BE OF A WESTERNER FOUND NEAR SAMARRA/ THREE TURKISH TRUCK DRIVERS REPORTEDLY KIDNAPPED NORTH OF BAGHDAD
  • Date: 17th September 2004
  • Summary: (EU) TIKRIT, IRAQ (SEPTEMBER 17, 2004) (REUTERS - NO ACCESS INTERNET) (MUTE) 1. WS: EXTERIOR OF TIKRIT HOSPITAL 0.07 2. BLOATED BODY ON FLOOR OF MORGUE OF TIKRIT HOSPITAL 0.15 3. CLOSE-UP OF HANDS TIED BEHIND BACK 0.22 4. SCU/SV OF BODY AT MORGUE (2 SHOTS) 0.40 (EU) DUJAIL, IRAQ (SEPTEMBER 17, 2004) (REUTERS) (NATURAL SOUND) 5. LV: TWO TURKISH TRUCKS ON SIDE OF ROAD/ POLICEMEN NEARBY 0.57 6. CLOSE-UP OF TWO TURKISH TRUCKS 1.03 7. LV: ROAD WHERE TURKISH DRIVERS WERE KIDNAPPED/ TURKISH TRUCKS ON SIDE OF ROAD 1.11 Initials Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
  • Embargoed: 2nd October 2004 13:00
  • Keywords:
  • Location: TIKRIT AND DUJAIL, IRAQ
  • Country: Iraq
  • Reuters ID: LVAAI0475PAP8GYBYZMR4A5IWAW1
  • Story Text: Body believed to be of a Westerner found near Iraqi
    town of Samarra and three Turkish truck drivers said to be
    kidnapped north of Baghdad.


    The body of a man believed to be a Westerner was
    found on Thursday (September 17) near the restive town of
    Samarra north of Baghdad, Iraqi police said.

    Police said the corpse was bloated, suggesting the
    person had been dead for some time.

    Meanwhile, gunmen kidnapped three Turkish truck drivers
    on a road in Dujail, 30 kilometres north of Baghdad, Iraqi
    security forces said. .
    According to the Iraqi National Guards the Turkish
    drivers had been driving on a road leading to Tikrit city
    north of Baghdad when gunmen attacked them, abducting them
    and leaving their trucks on side of the road.

    Foreigners, including truck drivers, have been
    targeted by insurgents fighting the U.S.-backed Iraqi
    government. Two Turkish truck drivers were kidnapped near
    Tikrit this week. Some of the abductees have been killed.

    At least five Western men -- two French journalists,
    two U.S. businessmen and a British businessman -- are known
    to have been taken hostage in Iraq.

    The two French journalists were seized last month south
    of Baghdad and there has been no word on their fate for a
    week. The American and British businessmen were kidnapped
    earlier on Thursday (September 16) from a house in Baghdad.

    Two Italian women aid workers were also kidnapped in
    Baghdad earlier this month. Australia has been
    investigating a claim that two of its citizens were
    kidnapped in the area.


  • Copyright Holder: REUTERS
  • Copyright Notice: (c) Copyright Thomson Reuters 2015. Open For Restrictions - http://about.reuters.com/fulllegal.asp
  • Usage Terms/Restrictions: None
Register