Iraqi Qaeda to put kidnapped Moroccans on trial-Web

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DUBAI, Nov 1 (Reuters) - Al Qaeda's wing in Iraq said on Tuesday it would put two Moroccan embassy employees it kidnapped last month on trial, according to an Internet statement.

The posting, on an Islamist Web site often used by Abu Musab al-Zarqawi's group, also showed the passports and identity cards of driver Abderrahim Boualam and assistant Abdelkrim El Mouhafidim, who were seized on their way from Jordan to Baghdad.

"After ending the investigation with the detained Moroccan embassy workers, they were referred to the judicial authority that will rule in their case," the statement said.

The statement could not be authenticated, but it was signed by al Qaeda's spokesman in Iraq.

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