Kidnap fears over missing Romanian journalists
Three Romanian journalists have gone missing in Iraq and authorities believe they may have been kidnapped, officials said today.
The journalists, who went missing yesterday, are reporter Marie Jeanne Ion and cameraman Sorin Dumitru Miscoci from Bucharest-based television station Prima TV and daily Romania Libera reporter Ovidiu Ohanesian.
They went missing shortly after an interview with interim Iraqi Prime Minister Ayad Allawi, the newspaper’s director Petre Mihai Bacanu said.
Romania’s President Traian Basescu, who was in Iraq and Afghanistan for two days visiting Romanian troops, said upon returning to Bucharest today that his government was doing all it could to find the journalists. Basescu said Romania had sought the help of US-led coalition authorities in Iraq.
Romanian Prime Minister Calin Popescu Tariceanu said it was unclear what happened to the trio, and that no one has contacted Romanian authorities demanding a ransom.
Romania has about 800 troops in Iraq and about 500 in Afghanistan.
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