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Show DAILY HERALD A10 Sunday; September 26. 2D0& A posting on an Islamic Innot be deterred," said the stateternet site Saturday claimed ' ment, which was posted on a Web site known for carrying followers had killed ' messages from Islamic militants. Bigley, but the Foreign Office in London said the claim was Two senior officials of the K not credible. Muslim Council of Britain arPrime Minister Tony Blair rived in Iraq's capital on Sarur- said Satufday that the British daf to try to win the freedom Bigley, a British civ- - ,wefe doif 1 whatever we can" ofei no was Kianappea to seek BJsy's" freedom, but , ihetwpAmeH- -' be irimcaed there woukjLbeno ' rs- - . shift ki teresslain. wts group claimed ffusal tot 'otfate f . e bee? itftoudji with for jtbeapouajorf"',,fweh; itne release or reMheuii. JamirV. Blair said. city's residents. Doctors said eight people were killed and 15 Wounded Continued from Al ' Explosions rocked the dry targets Iraqi security units and again after dark Saturday. Eight recruits in hopes of underminpeople were kilted and 22 injured build m the blasts, said Dr. Ahmed efforts backed to U.S. ing an Iraqi force capable of taking Khalil at Fallujah General Hospi-taThe US. military could not over security from American immediately be reached for comtroops. ment on the blasts. The National Guard also American troops have not clashed with unidentified gunentered Fallujah since ending a men in Haswa, south of the three-wee- k capital, injuring four people, siege of the city in .April that killed hundreds but hospital officials said. The have staged repeated attacks shooting lasted about a half on sites the U.S. military dehour, witnesses said. scribed as being used by Meanwhile, five mortar shells struck the Iraqi Oil Minfollowers. In a statement released on the istry in Baghdad, shattering windows and causing minor Tawhid Internet, and Jihad group said the death damage to the building, minof its spiritual leader in a U.S. istry spokesman Assem Jihad missile strike earlier this month said. There were no immediate had only increased its determireports of casualties. Several explosions rocked nation to fight the United States and its allies in Iraq. the Iraqi capital late Saturday, but it was not immediately The statement said the beclear what caused the blasts. heading of two American The military had no immediate hostages last week was proof comment that the group's campaign was In Fallujah, explosions lit up not affected by the killing of Sheik Abu Anas the night sky for hours before apdawn Saturday and at least parently when a US. missile hit his car in a western Baghdad two buildings in the city center suburb Sept. 17. were wrecked, witnesses said. "The beheading of the two The Fallujah mosque switched on its loudspeakers and clerics Americans was our first signal that we will continue and will chanted prayers to rally the Iraq -- L , . . since-2000t.- a.? j.! Mustafa, told The ASsoctf' ated Press. Our daughters, . ' Aya, who is 3, and Iman, who prlsonmatAmeri.fWe wjontinuetedoWhat' . is only 1 12 months old, are ' . OOi prim ; '.$ 4?frtr;wa ja. waiting to see their father , l move officials have ruled More than 140 foreigners v.TneEttleuwwn site tends to f have been kidnapped in Iraq in da everything to - "J and waaamong the mamio v I some by anti-U.', insurgents them (the captors) -1 carry video footage of the be--' - and some by 'criminals seeking' f ;i ' e an; here," ,Daud Ab- - . headings of the two American ransoms. , assistant secretary-gen-civil engineers At least 26 of them have been Eugene Arnv the British council, told ' stroneand Jack Henslev killed, Many Iraqis have also ' J ers after talks at the been seized. . 'T ', taken hostage with Bigley. It . also carried two shaky claims Insurgents released the dean Embassy. . onceded. however: that that militants had killed two of Iraq's Anbar University on legation had not arranged' Italian women aid workers be Saturday, more than a month after he was taken hostage, meetings with Iraqi reli-ing held hostage. In Cairo, Egypt, a & or political leaders and witnesses said. Abdulhadi Ra: I not know whether was released in the they spokesman for Egyptian Presijab dent Hosni Mubarak said the be able to reach the kidwc insurgent stronghold of Rama-d- i government was working Also, Iraqi police in Basra fThe message is simple, it's a through religious and tribal one ... he (Bigley) contacts in hopes of winning said Saturday that they had arthe release of six Egyptian rested three kidnapping suswas a noncombatant, Islam does not endorse the capture of telecommunications workers pects and freed an Iraqi abducted with four Iraqis in noncombatants, let alone the hostage who had been selling mobile phones. of them," Abdullah said. two incidents. kping t : ,frf rpulatic favor 4 in Iraq, V F-- could wm ( cans,JCrry 4 Aab-AfVwfl af . moud ': en Kerry. "I dont know what J have done" differenth; , I l opposes, but she's not quite sold v'V. , mands. "We want to know at least ' "V she sl--L Because what they want sx what their 5 if conditions are," Asmka Abu 4F 5 m n f Continued from AV : ; - - i:. Election ..... ( Relatives pleaded Saturday for the release of their loved s ones, Neither they nor Orascom, the telecommunications giant in ; Cairo with ties to all 10 work- - , . if ktr of of still would tome up 10 short cfthi 270 needed 1 Gore kK the presid-ncy- . Bush by Jour electoral t - w z i JCerrv fc'tarketmgBef . Bush sr. itii;eqpecially . ?ida ;o.i:a cant affoflto tod i- ft V lose G e's ground anywhere J muplj Ws inthe upper, Missis- - j sippi, where Democrats are u( -- i posed to run as strong as the : nver. i The last time a Republican presidential candidate won I nesota was in 1972, with the i tion at war in Vietnam and Richard Nixon seeking a sec-:- ; ond term. President Reagan, seeking his second term in 198j is the last Republican to carry ' Iowa and Wisconsin. .. - Turning to the GOP But voters in the rural swa and farther suburbs of all thre states are turning to the GOP. Iowa went Democratic by bareii ly 4,000 votes four years ago, while Wisconsin was decided i by just 6,000. The gap in Min- - xi nesota was slightly larger, buH'j the state has elected a Republican senator and governor, i "If I had to bet now, I'd bet I we'd win all three," said Kerry! adviser Tad Devine. "Nbw.wel have to throw a lot at them to win, particularly Iowa a(id Wisconsin, but that's fine. 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