"We can halt our activities in Iraq"

"We can halt our transportation activities in Iraq. The most important thing now is the return of our drivers to Turkey safely," they said.

Oztur and Kahramanli firms deliver goods to U.S. soldiers in Iraq.

The Tawhid and Jihad group of Jordanian militant Abu Musab al-Zarqawi demanded the Turkish lorry drivers’ employers leave Iraq in a videotape aired Saturday on Al-Jazeera television, which showed three masked, black-garbed gunmen standing behind two seated men holding various forms of identification, including Turkish passports. The militants threatened to behead them within 48 hours.