BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) — An American journalist’s kidnappers threatened to kill her unless the United States releases all female Iraqi prisoners within 72 hours, the Arabic-language TV network Al-Jazeera said after it aired a video showing her Tuesday.
Al-Jazeera released no details on how it obtained the video, which it said is from her kidnappers.
On its English-language Web site, the Qatar-based network said the abductors identified themselves as members of a previously unknown armed group called the "Brigades of Vengeance."
No one had previously claimed responsibility for the abduction.
BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) — An engineer was kidnapped and 10 Iraqis were killed Wednesday when gunmen attacked three vehicles in western Baghdad, police said.
LONDON, England — Fathers’ rights campaigners planned to kidnap British Prime Minister Tony Blair’s youngest son for a publicity stunt, according to reports in the British media.