Company Says Israeli Arab Freed
An Israeli Arab taken hostage in Iraq on April 8 and accused of spying for Israel was released by his captors Thursday, his U.S.-based employer said.
Research Triangle International Vice President Sally Johnson said employee Nabil George Razouk “is safe and sound.”
Dozens of foreigners have been abducted in Iraq in recent weeks and most have been released unharmed. One Italian hostage has been killed. In Berlin, Interior Minister Otto Schily said two German security specialists whose convoy was ambushed in Iraq this month are believed to be dead.
Earlier Thursday, two Swiss hostages were freed in southern Iraq, said an official at the Swiss Embassy in Baghdad.
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