Report: American youth kidnapped in Nablus

Ansar A-Sunna group, know to be operating in Iraq, sends fax to Reuters news agency saying it kidnapped American youth in Nablus

Palestinian security officials are verifying claims made by an extremist Islamic group that it kidnapped an American youth in the West Bank city of Nablus, officials said Wednesday.

A fax sent to the Reuters news agency by Ansar A-Sunna, a group affiliated with al-Qaeda in Iraq, shows a copy of an American citizens' passport and a copy of his entry visa to Israel.

Ali Waked
Published: 10.11.06, 15:37