Armenian Man Kidnapped in Iraq

BAGHDAD, October 1 (Noyan Tapan). The Sydney Morning Herald reported
that among three Lebanese travel agency workers kidnapped in Iraq on
September 17, is Armenian Aram Nalbandian. The three men and their
Iraqi driver were abducted by gunmen on the Baghdad-Fallujah highway,
a Lebanese Foreign Ministry official told Associated Press. The
official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said the three Lebanese
worked for a travel agency that has a branch in Baghdad. The motive
for the kidnapping was not immediately clear. Lebanese Foreign
Minister Jean Obeid has instructed the Lebanese charge d'affaires in
Iraq, Hassan Hejazi, to contact Iraqi authorities to secure the
release of the three Lebanese, the official said.