Two Arabs from eastern Jerusalem were abducted by insurgents in Iraq. A previously unknown guerrilla group, Ansar a-Din, broadcast footage of Nabil Razouk and Ahmed Tikati on Thursday, calling them “servants of the Zionist enemy.” At least one of the men, both Christian Arabs from eastern Jerusalem who were in Iraq working for the RTI relief organization, is believed to have Israeli citizenship.
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