] A Muslim fundamentalist source claimed Wednesday that
] Osama bin Laden's al-Qaida network captured five
] coalition troops in Iraq.
]
] The source who requested anonymity told United Press
] International by telephone that the kidnapping of four
] U.S. troops and a British soldier, took place last
] Saturday in al-Zubair region of southern Iraq, close to
] the Kuwaiti border.
]
] He said the "kidnapped troops will be equally treated as
] al-Qaida prisoners held in Guantanamo Bay."
]
] He said al-Qaida will soon release a videotape of the
] captured soldiers and will ask to swap them with al-Qaida
] suspects being held by the United States.

United Press International: al-Qaida holds coalition troops