FACTBOX-Foreign hostages in Iraq
Source: Reuters
Dec 4 (Reuters) - Kidnappers holding five Britons seized in Iraq in May threatened to kill one hostage in 10 days as a "first warning" unless Britain withdraws from Iraq, according to a video recording aired on Tuesday. Britain has not disclosed the names of the five Britons -- a computer consultant and his four bodyguards -- who were snatched from an Iraqi Finance Ministry data processing centre by gunmen wearing police commando uniforms in May. More than 200 foreigners and thousands of Iraqis have been kidnapped since the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq in 2003. At least 61 foreign hostages have been reported killed by their captors -- 41 in 2004, 14 in 2005 and 6 in 2006 and 1 in 2007. The following is a list of foreigners kidnapped since the beginning of 2005 and believed to be still missing in Iraq. An asterisk denotes the date the capture was announced: HOSTAGE NATIONALITY DATE OF CAPTURE 2005: Mohammed Haroun Hamad Sudan March 9* Maher Ataya Sudan March 9* Nabil Tawfiq Sulaiman Egypt March 19 Mitwali Mohammed Qassem Egypt March 19 Jeffrey Ake U.S. April 11 Six unidentified Jordan May 6 Ali Abdullah Turkey June 7 Unidentified Turkey June 21* Samuel Edward Egypt Sept 26 Abderrahim Boualam Morocco Oct 20 Abdelkrim El Mouhafidim Morocco Oct 20 Six unidentified Sudan Dec 23
2006: Moses Munyao Kenya Jan 18 George Noballa Kenya Jan 18 Three unidentified Kenya July 28* Four unidentified U.S. Nov 16 One unidentified Austria Nov 16 Four unidentified South Africa Dec 10
2007: One unidentified U.S. Jan 5 The son of ex-hostage Hannelore Krause Germany Feb 6 Five unidentified Britain May 29 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - NOTES - *Date kidnap announced. (Writing by David Cutler, London Editorial Reference Unit)
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