Gunmen nabbed six Egyptians working for Iraq's mobile phone company, seizing two in a raid on the firm's Baghdad office and the others outside the capital, officials said Friday.
Regarding the kidnappings, the British Embassy in Iraq distributed some 50,000 leaflets in Baghdad with a plea from hostage Ken Bigley's family for residents to help find him and a phone number to call with information.
"A family man called Ken Bigley is being held somewhere in your community," the leaflet said. "Ken's mother, brothers, wife and child love him dearly. We are appealing for your help."
Also Friday, mortars exploded near the Italian Embassy in Baghdad, slightly wounding three Iraqis, the Foreign Ministry in Rome said.
Hours later, a rocket hit Palestine Street in Baghdad. Police Capt. Thaer Mtashar confirmed there were casualties. News reports said four people killed and 14 injured.
Meanwhile, U.S. Marines fired artillery rounds on targets in Fallujah, west of Baghdad, the US military said. The rounds were fired after the Marines observed a number of people getting out of a vehicle with a mounted machine gun, a Marine spokesman, according to The AP. (albawaba.com)
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