Italian kidnapped journalist calls for her country's forces withdrawal from Iraq

The kidnapped Italian journalist in Iraq since two weeks Juliana Segrena appealed the Italian government to withdraw its forces from Iraq in response to demands set by the kidnappers. The call of the Italian journalist came at a time in which members of the Italian Senate voted with a great majority for extending for the Italian forces working in Iraq.

Meantime, two Lebanese businessmen kidnapped by a group calling itself "Musab Bin Omeer groups" were released. The two men were kidnapped on December 29, 2005.

Moreover, the French foreign minister Michael Barnier announced that France got indicators on the return back of the French journalist and her Iraqi guide who were kidnapped by the beginning of January this year in Iraq.