Taken at Gunpoint, U.S. Journalist and His Interpreter Are Missing in Iraq
By JOHN F. BURNS
Published: August 17, 2004
BAGHDAD, Iraq, Aug. 16 - Micah Garen, an American journalist who was investigating the looting of ancient artifacts in Iraq, was missing along with his Iraqi interpreter on Monday after the two were led at gunpoint on Friday from a shop in the southern city of Nasiriya, according to news reports and the men's families.
Mr. Garen's family, in New Haven, said they had received information that he was still alive, but declined to release any further information, saying that his well-being required them to say as little as possible. (snip)
http://www.nytimes.com/2004/08/17/international/middleeast/17journalist.html
Kuwait holds suspected Zarqawi money-man
KUWAIT (Agencies): Kuwaiti police arrested a Kuwaiti man on Monday on suspicion of funding militant attacks in Iraq and links to al-Qaeda ally Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, a security source said. "The man has been arrested for aiding in the financing of terror operations in Iraq, possibly in collaboration with Zarqawi," the source told Reuters, but did not name the man. "The suspect is also thought to have partnered with Mohsen al-Fadli to finance jihad operations in Iraq," the source added. Fadli is one of four Kuwaitis being sought by state security for suspected links with Osama bin Laden's al-Qaeda group and enlisting youths to fight foreign troops in Iraq and Kuwait. (snip)
http://www.arabtimesonline.com/arabtimes/kuwait1.asp
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