News is a bit slim but optimistic given the report of ongoing talks.
Iraq hopes kidnapped US translator to be freed 'soon'
AFP, February 28, 2010
AFP, February 28, 2010
Iraq is optimistic that a US translator kidnapped more than a month ago by a Shiite militant group will soon be freed, a national security adviser told AFP on Sunday.
Safa Hussein said a second American the militant group, the League of the Righteous, purports to be holding could also be released, but he admitted reports the hostage was dead could be true. [...]
Asked to give a time frame for Salomi's release, Hussein said he could not provide any details.
Hussein added the second American the League of the Righteous claims to hold, Sergeant Ahmed Qusai al-Taie, "will also be delivered" but again he did not say when.
Asked if Taie was dead, as has been reported in Iraqi media, Hussein replied: "We don't know for sure... There is no solid evidence. We don't have a proof of life, but we don't have anything to indicate that he is dead also."
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