Iraqi militants wanted Bush re-elected, says hostage

French journalists held hostage for four months in Iraq said their militant captors told them they wanted President George Bush to win re-election.

Iraqi militants wanted Bush re-elected, says hostage

French journalists held hostage for four months in Iraq said their militant captors told them they wanted President George Bush to win re-election.

In a four-page account of their ordeal, one of the reporters, Georges Malbrunot, also wrote that they saw several other hostages who were later decapitated. The journalists said their captors viewed foreign businessmen working in Iraq as their enemies.

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