French journalists freed in Iraq

Two French journalists who were kidnapped by a radical Islamic group in Iraq four months ago were released today.

Two French journalists who were kidnapped by a radical Islamic group in Iraq four months ago were released today.

Al-Jazeera television network received a statement from the kidnappers, the Islamic Army in Iraq, claiming that the two men were handed over to the French Embassy in Baghdad this afternoon.

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