Iraq PM's two female relatives released: Al-Jazeera

DOHA, Nov 14 (AFP) - Two female relatives of Iraqi Prime Minister Iyad Allawi kidnapped last week in Baghdad have been released while the third, his cousin, is still being held hostage, Al-Jazeera television reported Sunday.
The Qatar-based channel did not identify its sources or provide further detail.
Militants abducted Allawi's cousin, Ghazi, 75, his wife and their pregnant daughter-in-law, from their house in the capital last Tuesday.
The following day, a previously unknown Islamist group claimed responsibility and threatened to behead them within 48 hours unless Allawi halted a major offensive on the rebel enclave of Fallujah and released all prisoners held in Iraq.
Allawi said Saturday he had no news of the fate of the trio.

11/14/2004 19:13 GMT - AFP