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Israeli-Russian Academic Kidnapped by Pro-Iran Militia in Iraq, Netanyahu Says
Al Arabiya ^ | 06 July ,2023

Posted on 07/06/2023 12:16:19 AM PDT by nickcarraway

An Israeli-Russian academic who had been missing in Iraq for several months is being held by the pro-Iran armed faction Kataib Hezbollah, the Israeli prime minister’s office announced on Wednesday.

“Elizabeth Tsurkov is still alive and we hold Iraq responsible for her safety and well-being,” a statement released by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office said.

Tsurkov had visited Iraq “on her Russian passport at her own initiative pursuant to work on her doctorate and academic research on behalf of Princeton University in the US,” the statement said. According to an Iraqi intelligence source, Tsurkov was kidnapped in the Iraqi capital Baghdad “at the beginning of Ramadan,” the Muslim fasting month which this year commenced on March 23.

(Excerpt) Read more at english.alarabiya.net ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Extended News; Iran; Iraq; Israel; Russia; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: elizabethtsurkov; iran; iraq; israel; waronterror

1 posted on 07/06/2023 12:16:19 AM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: nickcarraway

She will have a nice Islamic Husband soon. Maybe Putin can get her free? He has some pull in the islamic world now.


2 posted on 07/06/2023 12:50:47 AM PDT by Forward the Light Brigade ( Ride to the sound of the Guns!)
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To: nickcarraway

Why is ANYONE visiting Iran who might be kidnapped and held?


3 posted on 07/06/2023 1:38:38 AM PDT by desertsolitaire ( )
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Pro-Iran militia in Iraq

But yeah

Skipping those on my vacation this year...


4 posted on 07/06/2023 2:43:40 AM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
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To: SaveFerris; Forward the Light Brigade
Looks like one of those NGO people - here's a debate from nine years ago [15 minutes long] where she's arguing for the Eritrean invaders of Israel against a native Israeli woman:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XkaW_oFxxCc

She's getting a little "hands-on" experience with the local savages now...

5 posted on 07/06/2023 4:21:34 AM PDT by kiryandil (China Joe and Paycheck Hunter - the Chink in America's defenses)
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To: nickcarraway

Not one damn is given.


6 posted on 07/06/2023 4:23:45 AM PDT by Wilderness Conservative (Nature is the ultimate conservative)
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To: nickcarraway
Apparently, Princeton, one of the best known and best endowed universities in the world, has been completely silent on the kidnapping of one of its graduate students.

No doubt, Princeton is working tirelessly behind the scenes to gain her release.

LOL - just imagine what would happen if a politically Conservative leader like Bolsonaro or Orban or the Prime Minister of Singapore arrested or detained this woman.

World wide headline story!

7 posted on 07/06/2023 4:58:09 AM PDT by zeestephen (Trump "Lost" By 43,000 Votes - Spread Across Three States - GA, WI, AZ)
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To: kiryandil

Reality bites


8 posted on 07/06/2023 10:33:48 AM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
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9 posted on 07/07/2023 8:01:16 AM PDT by SJackson (he who controls the schools, controls the world, 1870s France)
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