IRAQ: UPRISING

Bloomberg: Iraq Kidnappers Take 3 Japan Journalists Hostage, Jazeera Says

April 8 (Bloomberg) -- Kidnappers will kill three Japanese journalists they are holding in Iraq in three days unless Japanese forces withdraw from the country, Qatar's Al-Jazeera satellite news reported, showing video pictures of the hostages.

The three, two men and a woman, are aged 19, 33 and 34, according to video pictures of their passports, Al-Jazeera said. One works for Weekly Asahi, ministerial press passes showed