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Mon 02 Feb 2010Iraqi Shia group claims it is holding US citizen prisoner
AN IRAQI Shia faction tied to Iran has claimed it is holding a US citizen, missing since late January. Issa Salomi, a Californian of Iraqi origin, worked as a contractor for the US military. He was apparently abducted on January 23rd when he went to visit family members in the Karada district of Baghdad.
In a video, Mr Issa, wearing a US army uniform, said his abductors were from the League of the Righteous, an offshoot of the Mahdi army militia led by radical Shia cleric Muqtada al-Sadr.
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