Last Updated: Thursday, 28 October, 2004, 12:08 GMT 13:08 UK
Polish woman 'kidnapped in Iraq'
Militants in Iraq say they have taken hostage a Polish woman and are demanding that Poland withdraw all its troops from the country.
Footage showing a woman was passed to the al-Jazeera television network by a group calling itself the Abu Bakr al-Siddiq Fundamentalist Brigades.
The militants claim the woman, who has not been named, worked with US forces.
A Polish defence ministry official said the woman did not appear to belong to any of Poland's military units in Iraq.
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/3961225.stm Poland is not in the business of meeting demands
of hostage takers.
Polish Defence Minister Jerzy Szmajdzinski