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Chinese hostages freed in Iraq
 (Reuters)
Updated: 2005-01-22 17:40

A video frame grab taken from a video released January 22, 2005 shows a Chinese hostage shaking hands with his captors in Iraq. Chinese embassy in Baghdad confirmed on Saturday the eight Chinese hostages have been freed. Insurgents holding eight Chinese labourers hostage in Iraq said on Saturday they were releasing the men, locals who saw the videotape circulated by the kidnappers said. The tape which surfaced in the western city of Ramadi said the hostages were being freed after China said it had advised its citizens not to travel to Iraq, locals said. [Reuters]
A video frame grab taken from a video released January 22, 2005 shows a Chinese hostage shaking hands with his captors in Iraq. Chinese embassy in Baghdad confirmed on Saturday the eight Chinese hostages have been freed. Insurgents holding eight Chinese labourers hostage in Iraq said on Saturday they were releasing the men, locals who saw the videotape circulated by the kidnappers said. The tape which surfaced in the western city of Ramadi said the hostages were being freed after China said it had advised its citizens not to travel to Iraq, locals said. [Reuters]
A video frame grab taken from a video released January 22, 2005 shows a Chinese hostage shaking hands with his captors in Iraq. Chinese embassy in Baghdad confirmed on Saturday the eight Chinese hostages have been freed. Insurgents holding eight Chinese labourers hostage in Iraq said on Saturday they were releasing the men, locals who saw the videotape circulated by the kidnappers said. The tape which surfaced in the western city of Ramadi said the hostages were being freed after China said it had advised its citizens not to travel to Iraq, locals said. [Reuters]
A video frame grab taken from a video released January 22, 2005 shows eight Chinese hostages being held in Iraq. Chinese embassy in Baghdad confirmed on Saturday the eight Chinese hostages have been freed. [Reuters]
A video frame grab taken from a video released January 22, 2005 shows eight Chinese hostages being held in Iraq. Insurgents holding eight Chinese labourers hostage in Iraq said on Saturday they were releasing the men, locals who saw the videotape circulated by the kidnappers said. The tape which surfaced in the western city of Ramadi said the hostages were being freed after China said it had advised its citizens not to travel to Iraq, locals said.
A video frame grab taken from a video released January 22, 2005 shows eight Chinese hostages being held in Iraq. Chinese embassy in Baghdad confirmed on Saturday the eight Chinese hostages have been freed. [Reuters]
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