Footage Shows 10 New Hostages in Iraq

Footage Shows 10 New Hostages in Iraq
By NADIA ABOU EL-MAGD, Associated Press Writer

BAGHDAD, Iraq - The Arab news network Al-Jazeera showed video Thursday of 10 new hostages seized in Iraq by militants.

Al-Jazeera said the 10 — six Iraqis, two Lebanese and two Indonesian women — were taken by The Islamic Army in Iraq. The group has claimed responsibility for seizing two French journalists last month.

The video showed three of the hostages, who were not identified, and two masked gunmen pointing weapons at them. There was no mention of demands by the militants or when or where the hostages were captured.

Gen. Hussein Ali Kamel, the deputy interior minister in charge of intelligence, said two Lebanese were kidnapped, along with "a group of others that included women."

Intelligence officials were investigating and trying to find them, he said.

The network said the 10 were employees of the Jib electricity company.

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