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Another U.S. Contract Worker Abducted in Iraq

NPR

By Renee Montagne

Published November 2, 2004 at 12:00 AM EST

Militants kidnap an American and a Nepalese man in the same upscale Baghdad district from which two Americans and a Briton were seized last month. The men work for a Saudi firm that supplies U.S. forces. At least a dozen American civilians are being held or are missing in Iraq. Hear Washington Post reporter Karl Vick and NPR's Renee Montagne.

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