The kidnappers said, "Leave us alone."

绑匪们说：“放过我们吧。

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The kidnappers said that they think is the agent Romanova.

绑匪说，他们认为罗曼诺娃是特工。

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The London Bank and their agents who had been negotiating with the kidnappers have not said whether any amount of money has been paid.

伦敦银行和他们的经纪人一直在与绑匪谈判，但没有透露是否已经支付了赎金。

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But if you think that that was a worthwhile activity, then, and was important for the future of Iraq, then of course if the kidnappers said that the price of Jill Carroll's life was to withdraw from Iraq, you wouldn't do that.

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The Fatah organization said the kidnappers were not members of its group but activists in the Palestinian intifada who were acting on their own.

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The prime minister said the kidnappers had crossed into the country from northern Mali, and that they were from Algeria, Egypt, Tunisia, Mali, Niger, Canada and Mauritania.

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