Group vows to kill foreign workers in Basra

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DUBAI (Reuters) - Arabic television Al Jazeera has aired a video tape it says is from an unknown Iraqi group that vowed to kidnap and kill Arab and foreign workers -- especially Kuwaitis -- in the southern city of Basra.

The tape broadcast on Monday showed a group of masked men, some holding automatic rifles, and one man reading a statement.

"All workers in foreign and Arab companies in Basra, especially Kuwaitis, are targets for killing and kidnapping," the man said. "We strongly warn them against going into the streets of Basra."

"These people are on par with American and British (troops). They are all the same," he said as the other masked men cheered and chanted "Allahu Akbar" (God is Great).

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