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Efforts on to trace American reporter

BAGHDAD: Police said gunmen killed at least 10 security personnel on Wednesday in an ambush in a deadly western district of Baghdad, while Iraqi authorities held out hope that a kidnapped American reporter would be released.

Two Iraqi journalists were wounded earlier Wednesday in the same area by gunmen in a passing car while they drove to work at the al-Iraq newspaper, police said. The reporters were hospitalised.

Police are working to secure the release of American journalist Jill Carroll, who was seen in a tape aired on an Arab TV station late Tuesday for the first time since her January 7 abduction in Baghdad.

Al-Jazeera said the tape, a 20-second video showing Ms. Carroll appearing pale and tired, also included a threat to kill the 28-year-old freelance writer in 72 hours if U.S. authorities did not release all Iraqi women in military custody. — AP

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