Journalist reported seized by Iraqi militants

A French-American journalist has been kidnapped in the southern Iraqi city of Nasiriyah.

A French-American journalist has been kidnapped in the southern Iraqi city of Nasiriyah.

The man was kidnapped along with his Iraqi translator in Nasiriyah on Friday, said Mr Adnan al-Shoraify, deputy governor of Nasiriyah.

He said the translator's family had first reported the two missing. The pan-Arab television station Al-Jazeera also reported the kidnapping but provided no details.

The foreigner was reportedly a citizen of both France and the United States but was not otherwise identified.

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