Posted on 05/22/2005 8:23:38 PM PDT by Panerai
Three Romanian journalists kidnapped in Iraq were freed on Sunday after two months in captivity, one of the few security breakthroughs since insurgents launched an upsurge in deadly attacks last month.
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"It was an operation handled 100 percent by the Romanian secret services, which cooperated in an excellent way," Romanian President Traian Basescu told reporters. He did not elaborate. "They will arrive tomorrow in Bucharest from Baghdad with a military plane."
The abductors had set a deadline for their execution of April 27 unless Romania, a staunch supporter of the United States, withdrew its 800 troops from Iraq, where about 150 foreigners have been kidnapped over the last two years.
Prima TV reporter Marie Jeanne Ion, cameraman Sorin Miscoci and reporter for Romania Libera daily Ovidiu Ohanesian, along with their translator Mohamad Munaf, were kidnapped in late March. Romania said they were now under the control of Romanian authorities. Munaf has U.S., Romanian and Iraqi citizenship.
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I smell a Romanian withdrawal or a paid ransom.
Well, let's say congratulations for now.
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