Arab TV airs videotape of US 'hostage'

Dubai-based Al Arabiya television aired today what it said was a videotape showing an US engineer working for the Pentagon held…

Dubai-based Al Arabiya television aired today what it said was a videotape showing an US engineer working for the Pentagon held hostage in Iraq.

The network said it had received the tape from a group calling itself The Islamic Rage Squadrons that said it had kidnapped the man on May 3rd.

He was shown blindfolded with a chequered Arab head scarf and wearing an olive green jacket.

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