The Brit journalist and his interpreter were working for CBS News when they were kidnapped near their hotel in Basra. The details are very sketchy at this point (it's early) in this piece at Breitbart.
When the location of Basra comes up regarding something like this, one normally will think of either the Mahdi militia or Iranian-linked groups. Either way, it probably is no coincidence that they would target a Brit as the Brits still remain the main force in the Basra area.
It will be interesting to see this play out as in most areas of Iraq now, the people are not staying silent about these kinds of happenings as they once were - I wouldn't be surprised to see some tips come in soon and we could see some action from Brit commandos before the end of the day.
When the location of Basra comes up regarding something like this, one normally will think of either the Mahdi militia or Iranian-linked groups. Either way, it probably is no coincidence that they would target a Brit as the Brits still remain the main force in the Basra area.
It will be interesting to see this play out as in most areas of Iraq now, the people are not staying silent about these kinds of happenings as they once were - I wouldn't be surprised to see some tips come in soon and we could see some action from Brit commandos before the end of the day.
UK journalist kidnapped in Basra
A British journalist has been kidnapped in Iraq.Iraqi news agency Aswat al-Iraq (Voice of Iraq) reported that the man, who was working for US television network CBS, was seized by gunmen in Basra with his interpreter on Sunday.The agency quoted an unnamed police source as saying that the pair were kidnapped from near their hotel, the Qasr al-Sultan, in the centre of the city.A CBS News spokeswoman said: "Two journalists working for CBS News in Basra are missing. All efforts are under way to find them and until we learn more details, CBS News requests that others do not speculate on the identities of those involved."CBS News has been in touch with the families and asks that their privacy be respected."The journalist's wife told The Independent she hoped her husband would be released soon."We are sure he will be out as soon as he can and everything will be fine," she said.The Foreign Office in London said it was investigating.Figures from the press freedom campaign group Reporters Sans Frontieres show that last year 47 journalists and nine media assistants were killed in Iraq.It brought the total number of journalists killed in the country since the 2003 invasion to 153, with media assistant casualties recorded at 29.
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