Middle East - AP
Arabs From Israel Said Kidnapped in Iraq
Date: Thu Apr 8,10:28 AM ET
JERUSALEM - Two aid workers who are Arab residents of Jerusalem — including one with a Georgia driver's license — were kidnapped Thursday by insurgents in Iraq (news - web sites), Israeli media reported.
Footage from Iranian television, rebroadcast by Israeli TV, showed photographs of the men's documents, including an Israeli driver's license, an Israeli health insurance card and a supermarket card.
The footage showed one of the men, Nabil Razouk, 30, had a U.S. driver's license from the state of Georgia. The other captive was identified as Ahmed Yassin Tikati, 33. Both men said on TV that they were international aid workers.
It was unclear whether they were Israeli citizens.
The Israeli Foreign Ministry said it could not confirm the reported kidnapping.
The kidnappings in Iraq of eight South Koreans — including one who escaped — and three Japanese were reported Thursday. The captors, armed with automatic rifles and swords, threatened to burn the Japanese alive if Tokyo did not withdraw from the U.S.-led coalition.
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