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A decapitated corpse of what could be a Bulgarian seized by insurgents at the end of last month has been found in northern Iraq. Last week another corpse found with its head cut off was confirmed as that of a Bulgarian truck driver captured by insurgents loyal to al-Qaeda ally Abu Musab al-Zarqawi. Meanwhile the threat of death also hangs over seven hostages from India, Kenya and Egypt. Their captors have pledged to behead one of them every three days unless the Kuwaiti company employing them pulls out of Iraq. The guerrillas have also called on the three countries in...

In recognition of the Bulgarian(s) who were murdered by the terrorists in Iraq, Freeper elenil21 posted the email address of the Bulgarian embassy. Elenil21 and I separately emailed our condolences regarding the murders of their Countrymen, and also our gratitude for their refusal to give in to terrorist demands, for their support of the Coalition, and for their efforts in the global war on terrorism. Elenil21 and I both received PERSONAL email replies from the Bulgarian Embassador. These were not canned auto-responses, they were personal notes, and she expressed her thanks and said she would convey our messages to her...

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - A headless corpse dressed in an orange jumpsuit has been found by Iraqi police in the Tigris River and handed over to U.S. forces, but it has not yet been identified, a U.S. military spokeswoman said Thursday. She said it was not known whether the body was that of a Bulgarian hostage killed by his captors earlier this week. A deadline for the threatened execution of a second Bulgarian hostage passed last night without news. The body was found near Baiji, 112 miles north of Baghdad, Wednesday night. "The body had been decapitated. It was dressed in...

Last Update: Wednesday, July 14, 2004. 10:50am (AEST) A TV grab shows the two Bulgarian hostages being held last week. (AFP) Bulgaria confirms Iraq hostage killed The Bulgarian Government has confirmed that militants in Iraq have executed one of two Bulgarian nationals being held hostage.Government spokesman Dimitar Tsonev said: "We have confirmation that [the killing] involves one of the two Bulgarian hostages."We do not yet have information about which one of the two it is."All Bulgarian institutions have done everything possible. Now all we can do for the next 24 hours is to pray for the life of the second...

July 14, 2004 -- Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, the notorious butcher responsible for widespread terror in Iraq, struck again yester day. The Execution Channel — a.k.a. Al-Jazeera TV — said it had a videotape of the murder of a Bulgarian truck driver whom Zarqawi's thugs had held and threatened with death if the United States did not release all Iraqi detainees by Saturday. The terrorists reportedly also issued a 24-hour ultimatum for a second Bulgarian hostage. Zarqawi probably doesn't expect to do much for prisoners held by Coalition forces. Surely, this depraved but intelligent psychopath has never seriously thought Washington would...

July 14, 2004 -- WASHINGTON — Terrorists said they murdered a captive Bulgarian truck driver and threatened to put another hostage to death in 24 hours, al-Jazeera television reported yesterday. Abu Musab al-Zarqawi's group of thugs said last week it would kill the two truck drivers if the United States did not release all Iraqi detainees by Saturday. In a video, the group said it had killed one hostage, but did not name him. The video showed three men dressed in black with their faces covered by black masks. One of the Bulgarian hostages sat in front of them. Al-Jazeera...

A BULGARIAN truck driver has been murdered by Iraqi militants, according to al-Jazeera, the Arabic television service. The station said last night that it had received a video of the murder, which it did not broadcast. Footage was shown of three masked men standing behind a kneeling man wearing an orange jumpsuit. The Bulgarian Government confirmed that one of its citizens had been murdered. The militants, members of Abu Musab al-Zarqawi’s Tawhid wal Jihad group, also threatened to kill a second Bulgarian hostage within 24 hours unless the United States acted upon the group’s original demand to release all Iraqi...

An Iraqi insurgents group executed one of the Bulgarian hostages four days after the 24-hour deadline elapsed last Friday. According to Al-Jazeera reports, the insurgents killed Georgi Lazov. The militants threaten to also execute the other Bulgarian Ivaylo Kepov within 24 hours unless all female prisoners are released in Iraq. A video footage aired by Arabic Al-Jazeera channel at 11 p.m. on Tuesday showed three men dressed in black with their faces covered with masks. In front of them a man looking like Lazov was kneeling with a scarf hiding his face. The hostage wore the same bright orange garment...

Militants Claim to Kill Bulgarian Hostage 15 minutes ago BAGHDAD, Iraq - A militant group holding two Bulgarian truck drivers said it had killed one of them, the Pan-Arab television station Al-Jazeera reported Wednesday. Jordanian militant Abu Musab al-Zarqawi's Tawhid and Jihad threatened last week to kill the men if the United States did not release all Iraqi detainees by Saturday. In a video broadcast on Al-Jazeera early Wednesday, the group said it had carried out its threat against one of the men and would kill the other in 24 hours. The video showed three men dressed in black with...

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Bulgarian Hostages Are Alive, Foreign Minister Says Veselin Toshkov/Associated Press SOFIA, Bulgaria (AP) - Two Bulgarians kidnapped in Iraq were believed still alive Sunday, nearly two days after the deadline militants set for beheading them, Foreign Minister Solomon Pasi said. He said, however, his information had not been confirmed. "Our two countrymen are alive," Pasi told journalists. He did not reveal the source of his information, which he said was received about noon. In a videotape broadcast on Friday by the Qatar-based satellite channel Al-Jazeera, Jordanian militant leader Abu Musab al-Zarqawi threatened to execute the two Bulgarian truck drivers if...

SOFIA, July 9 (Reuters) - Bulgaria pledged unwavering support for U.S. policy in Iraq despite the kidnapping of two Bulgarian civilian truck drivers by militants and said it was making desperate efforts to save them. Defence Minister Nikolai Svinarov told reporters after a security council meeting in Sofia that contact had not yet been established with the kidnappers. "Firstly, we will try to extend the deadline which expires at 11 p.m. tonight (2000 GMT on Friday)," he said. "The situation is very difficult." The estimate was based on Bulgarian time, which is three hours ahead of GMT. A firm supporter...

Bulgaria is asking for help. Bulgaria foreign minister has spoken with United States Secretary of State General Collin Powell about Bulgarians that had been kid nap by terrorist. He also spoke with Siergiej Lawromov and Iraq minister of foreign Hosziar Zebarim. Foreign Minister of Iraq has assured Bulgaria foreign minister that Iraq will do what it can to help Bulgaria and to make sure hostages are release. Terrorist who hold two Bulgarians from transportation company, have made demands that Bulgaria should remove it forces from Iraq. Al Jazar was first one to report about kidnapping of Bulgarians. However, Bulgaria had...

Bulgaria has vowed it will not change its policies on Iraq after two of its nationals were taken hostage by militants and threatened with death. An Islamic militant group says it will kill the men if Iraqi prisoners are not freed in 24 hours, al-Jazeera TV said. A Filipino was taken hostage earlier and threatened with death unless his country pulls troops out in 72 hours. Meanwhile a Lebanese-born US marine allegedly kidnapped in Iraq resurfaced in Beirut, US officials confirmed. A video tape aired on al-Jazeera showed two men with their hands tied, flanked by three gunmen. Bulgaria has...

Sofia, Bulgaria, Jul. 9 (UPI) -- The Bulgarian government said Friday it would not change its policy in Iraq after two of its nationals were kidnapped by militants. The Al Jazeera television network said Thursday the two, both civilian truck drivers, would be killed by their captors within 24 hours if the U.S. military refused to release prisoners taken during the fighting. Bulgarian Foreign Minister Solomon Passy told the BTV television station Friday his country's foreign policy would not change in the face of such setbacks. Bulgaria has more than 450 troops in Iraq and is a staunch ally of...

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Militants in Iraq (news - web sites) threatened on Thursday to kill two Bulgarian hostages within 24 hours unless U.S.-led forces freed prisoners, stepping up pressure on Prime Minister Iyad Allawi's new interim government. ... The Arabic satellite television station Al Jazeera said the tape was from the Tawhid and Jihad group headed by Jordanian Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, who has been accused by Washington of links to Osama bin Laden (news - web sites)'s al Qaeda. The tape showed two men, identified as Bulgarians, sitting in front of masked captors, two of them wielding automatic weapons while...