New Pictures of Ex-FBI Agent Robert Levinson Kidnapped in Iran
The family of Robert Levinson has released new images of the former FBI agent, who was kidnapped in Iran in 2007. (The Levinson Family(NEW YORK) — The family of a former FBI agent who was kidnapped in Iran has released a new series of images of the 64…
Cops Raid Illinois Home Where Teen Was Held Captive for Three Years
Comstock/Thinkstock(WASHINGTON PARK, Ill.) — In a dramatic nighttime raid, police stormed the Illinois home of a man accused of holding a teenager captive for three years, raping her, and impregnating her, law enforcement officials said.Washington Par…
American in Al Qaeda Custody Begs Obama to Meet Captives’ Demands
Jupiterimages/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — A 70-year-old American contractor who was kidnapped by al Qaeda in Pakistan last August appeared in a new video released Sunday in which he begs President Obama to bow to his captors’ demands in order to gain his r…
American Released by Shiite Militia in Iraq After Nine Months
Photodisc/Digital Vision/Thinkstock(BAGHDAD) — In a move that seemed to take everyone by surprise, a Shiite militia in Iraq freed a former U.S. soldier-turned-contractor over the weekend after he had been held for nine months in captivity.The man was …