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 ...
She will have a nice Islamic Husband soon. Maybe Putin can get her free? He has some pull in the islamic world now.
Why is ANYONE visiting Iran who might be kidnapped and held?
Pro-Iran militia in Iraq
But yeah
Skipping those on my vacation this year...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XkaW_oFxxCc
She's getting a little "hands-on" experience with the local savages now...
Not one damn is given.
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!
Reality bites
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