The Arab satellite television channel al-Jazeera has shown footage of what it says are three Westerners who were kidnapped in Baghdad this week.
The two Americans and one Briton were abducted from their house in Baghdad on Thursday.
The video shows blindfolded men who, the station said, were being held by followers of Abu Musab al-Zarqawi.
In the video, the group says the US has 48 hours to release Iraqi women prisoners or it will kill the hostages.
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