Polish Little Old Lady Kidnapped: "
From Reuters via the ABC (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) :
A hitherto unknown militant group says it has kidnapped a Polish woman in Iraq and is demanding that Poland withdraw its forces, Al Jazeera television reports.()"Polandâ??s Defence Minister, Jerzy Szmajdzinski, says he could not verify the kidnap but no Polish soldiers are missing.
However, he says Poland will not bow to the demands of hostage-takers.
â??Poland is not in the business of meeting demands of hostage takers,â?? Mr Szmajdzinski told private Polish television news channel TVN24.
Al Jazeera has aired a video of an elderly-looking woman, who was not named, seated between two masked men.
One of the men was pointing a gun to her head.
A black banner carried the name of the group - Abi Baqr al-Siddiq al-Salafiya (Salafist) Brigades.
â??They said she worked for the US forces and would be released if Polish troops pull out of Iraq and if women prisoners in Iraq are freed,â?? the satellite news network said.
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