Him and his Iraqi translator. God help them.
Basra, 11 Feb.(AKI) – A British photographer employed by the US television network, CBS, and other news outlets has been kidnapped in Iraq.
Richard Butler, a British photojournalist employed by the network was kidnapped in the southern city of Basra on Sunday, a police source told the Voices of Iraq (VOI) news agency on Monday.
Butler was reportedly in the Qasr al-Sultan hotel in Basra, when a group of armed men forced him and his translator inside a car and took them to an unknown location.
No one has yet claimed responsibility for the kidnapping.
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