Islamic Army in Iraq - Foreign Hostages

Foreign Hostages

The group was responsible for the abduction of the following persons who were released unharmed:

• Fereidoun Jahani, Iranian Consul.
• Georges Malbrunot (41), and Christian Chesnot (37), French journalists.
• Marwan Ibrahim al-Kassar and Mohammed Jawdat Hussein, Lebanese electrical workers.
• Angelo Dela Cruz, Filipino truck driver.
• Rosidah Anom, and Rafikan Binti Amin, female Indonesian nationals.

The IAI is believed responsible for the execution of the following foreigners:

• Enzo Baldoni, Italian journalist killed on or about August 26, 2004.
• Raja Azad (49), engineer, and Sajad Naeem (29), his driver, Pakistani nationals working in Iraq for a Kuwaiti-based firm killed on or about July 28, 2004.
• Dalibor Lazarevski, Dragan Markovic, and Zoran Naskovski, nationals of Republic of Macedonia, working for United Arab Emirates-based Soufan Engineering on contracts and subcontracts for the U.S. military and its private contractors. The three were seized in August 2004 and the Macedonian government confirmed their execution by October 21, 2004; receipt of videos depicting two beheadings were announced, but not broadcast, on al-Jazeera TV on October 17, 2004.
• Ronald Schulz, American contract electrician, killed around December 8, 2005.