Firefight rages in Iraq near kidnap site

By The Associated Press

Filed 11.17.06

BAGHDAD (AP) — British ground forces and U.S. military helicopters fought with gunmen Friday in southern Iraq where four American security contractors and their Austrian co-worker were abducted in a convoy hijacking near the Kuwait border.

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