Terror group kidnaps hostages in Iraq

The extremist movement responsible for beheading two foreign hostages, Al-Zarqawi, announced today it had kidnapped three Turkish workers and would kill them within 72 hours unless Turkish companies quit doing business with U.S. forces in Iraq, an Arab television station reported.

The warning was issued in a videotape broadcast by Al-Jazeera television, which showed three men kneeling in front of two masked gunmen while holding up their passports. The station said the threat to behead the three was made in a statement, which the announcer quoted.