Italian hostages 'probably' will be freed

Three Italian hostages being held in Iraq are fine and will probably be freed, a Chaldean Catholic official based in Baghdad said today.

Wed, 28 Apr, 2004 - 17:28

Three Italian hostages being held in Iraq are fine and will probably be freed, a Chaldean Catholic official based in Baghdad said today.

Babylon Patriarch Emmanuel III Delly, the spiritual leader of about one million Chaldean Catholics worldwide, has been working to free three Italian security guards abducted April 12.

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