standing scepticism about the U.S.-led war in Iraq, which Washington justified in part by saying there was a threat from weapons of mass destruction. A still-to-be-finalised draft by Charles Duelfer says no stockpiles of chemical or biological weapons have been found. In the latest kidnapping of foreigners, three Turkish truck drivers were seized by gunmen on a road north of Baghdad, the Iraqi National Guard said. More than 100 foreigners from dozens of countries have been snatched in the last six months, and at least 30 have been killed. Many hostages have been truck drivers from impoverished countries, but at least seven Westerners are being held. On Thursday, gunmen abducted two Americans and a Briton from a house in an affluent neighbourhood of central Baghdad. Two male French journalists and two Italian female aid workers have also been taken hostage in the past few weeks. Police said they had found the body of a man believed to be a Westerner, apparently shot in the head and dead, late on Thursday near Samarra, north of Baghdad. The man was in civilian clothes and had his hands tied behind his back. Police were trying to identify him. Australia has been investigating an unverified claim that two of its citizens were kidnapped in the area. --SP 2352 Local Time 2052 GMT
