Algeria says 2 diplomats killed

The Algeria government Wednesday said that its two diplomats abducted last week in Iraq were killed by their kidnappers.

Algerian charge d\' affaires, Ali Belarouci, and colleague Azzedine Belkadi were seized Thursday in Baghdad\'s Mansour neighborhood, which is home to a number of Arab embassies.

An Internet statement posted Wednesday said the group al Qaeda in Iraq, the Islamic militant group led by terrorist Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, had killed the diplomats.

The office of Algeria\'s president said the men \"are considered martyrs because they were killed while they were serving their country as diplomats.\"