Al Arabiya, a Saudi-owned Arab news outlet, reported Sunday that three Americans have been kidnapped by “militias” in Baghdad, citing its own sources.
State Department spokesman John Kirby said that the agency is aware of the reports.
“The safety and security of American citizens overseas is our highest priority,” Kirby said in a statement. “We are working with the full cooperation of the Iraqi authorities to locate and recover the individuals.”
The State Department would not say how many Americans are reported missing.
The U.S. Embassy in Baghdad told the Associated Press that “several” Americans were kidnapped.
"A company filed a report Sunday about three of its staff going missing two days ago. They are American contractors. We are looking into this report," the official said.
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US and local authorities are searching for 'several' American citizens who were reportedly kidnapped in Baghdad, officials from the two countries said on Sunday...
ReplyDeleteThe U.S. Embassy confirmed on Sunday that “several” Americans have gone missing in Iraq, after local media reported that three Americans had been kidnapped in the Iraqi capital.
U.S. Embassy spokesman Scott Bolz said, “We are working in full cooperation with Iraqi authorities to locate the missing Americans.”
Bolz did not identify the missing Americans or say what they were doing in Iraq.....http://www.france24.com/en/20160117-iraq-us-missing-americans