On the file of kidnapped in Iraq

Bulgarian announced yesterday it will not change its foreign policy as a result of kidnapping two of its citizens in Iraq. One Iraqi group calling itself " al-Tawhid Wal Jihad " group announced in a video tape giving 24 hours for releasing the Iraqi detainees by the American forces, otherwise the two Bulgarian hostages will be executed.

Meantime, the American soldier of Lebanese origin Wasef Ali Hassoun left Lebanon heading for one American base in Germany on board of one American plane took him from Beirut. Hassoun was seen surprisingly in Beirut and contacted the American embassy there after he had arrived in Beirut under vague conditions.

In Manila, the Philippines foreign minister appealed the kidnappers of the Philippine's hostage to release him. She said that killing the kidnapped will not achieve any objective and will not serve the case of the kidnappers. The family of the Philippine's hostage appealed President Gloria Oryo to respond to the request of his kidnappers to withdraw Philippine's soldiers from Iraq for keeping him alive. Latest news reports today indicate that the man was released.

In a new development, a group of gunmen threatened to kill Abu Mus'ab al-Zarqawi and the group which called itself " Seif Allah" accused al-Zaqrawi and his group of treason and affiliation to Saddam Hussein's regime. The Gunmen who talked from an unidentified location in Iraq vowed to chase al-Zarqawi and his group wherever they exist.