Saudi company ''ready'' to withdraw from Iraq to save life of kidnapped Eg

[Judi Lynn]

Saudi company ''ready'' to withdraw from Iraq to save life of kidnapped Egyptian driver
By Associated Press, 7/14/2004 15:27


CAIRO, Egypt (AP) A Saudi company employing an Egyptian driver held hostage by an insurgent group in Iraq said Wednesday it was prepared to leave the country to win the captive's freedom.

Faisal al-Naheet, spokesman for the unidentified Saudi company, told Al-Jazeera television his company was ''ready to end its work in Iraq to fulfill the kidnappers' demand to release the Egyptian driver.''

It was unclear if al-Naheet meant the company was about to leave Iraq or was awaiting developments in the hostage's case before withdrawing.

Earlier Wednesday, Al-Jazeera reported that the Iraqi Legitimate Resistance group that kidnapped the Egyptian, 42-year-old Alsayeid Mohammed Alsayeid Algarabawi, demanded the Saudi company leave Iraq within 72 hours. The group issued no specific threat.
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