Al-Qaida website says Moroccan hostages face trial

An internet posting in the name of al-Qaida in Iraq says two kidnapped Moroccan Embassy employees are to stand trial.

Tue, 01 Nov, 2005 - 11:43

An internet posting in the name of al-Qaida in Iraq says two kidnapped Moroccan Embassy employees are to stand trial.

On October 25 the al-Qaida in Iraq terror group claimed to have abducted the two Moroccans. The Moroccan government said the same day that two of its Baghdad embassy staff had been kidnapped while driving back from Jordan.

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