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Egyptian hostage 'freed in Iraq'

An Egyptian engineer working with a telecommunications company who was kidnapped in Iraq last week was freed today, Egypt’s Middle East News Agency reported.

Mon, 27 Sep, 2004 - 23:08

An Egyptian engineer working with a telecommunications company who was kidnapped in Iraq last week was freed today, Egypt’s Middle East News Agency reported.

Alaa Muqar was among six Egyptian nationals abducted by gunmen in Iraq on Wednesday and Thursday.

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