Gunmen kidnapped the four Russian diplomats near their embassy in Baghdad's Mansour district after firing on their car and killing one embassy employee.
"God has enabled the lions of monotheism to arrest four Russian diplomats in Iraq and kill the fifth," said a statement from the group on the same Web site.
The statement condemned Russian actions in Chechnya and criticized its presence in Baghdad, saying: "The Russian government sends its diplomats to Iraq to support the crusaders' project, led by America, and to provide international backing and legitimacy to the exhausted Iraqi government."
The Mujahedeen Shura Council is a grouping of several insurgent forces, including al-Qaida in Iraq. Former insurgent leader Abu Musab al-Zarqawi helped create the council in January — apparently to give an Iraqi face to his movement, made up mainly of foreign fighters.
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Colin Brace
Amsterdam