Article: Foreign envoys attacked in Iraq; Iraqi army new Zarqawi target.(PAGE ONE)

Byline: Guy Taylor, THE WASHINGTON TIMES

Al Qaeda's wing in Iraq claimed responsibility yesterday for the kidnapping Saturday of Egypt's top diplomat in the country, as insurgents mounted new attacks against Arab and Muslim envoys in Baghdad.

Iraqi government officials and Arab news outlets in the region reported the incidents as an apparent campaign by insurgents to send a message to any country attempting to boost diplomatic ties with Iraq's new government.

Gunmen yesterday shot at the car of Pakistan's ambassador, who survived the ambush, and Bahrain's top envoy suffered a gunshot wound to the hand in what his government called an attempt by ...

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