The Arab news network Al-Jazeera showed footage Thursday of 10 new hostages seized in Iraq by militants. Al-Jazeera said the 10, including six Iraqis, two Lebanese and two Indonesian women, were taken by The Islamic Army in Iraq. The group has claimed responsibility for seizing two French journalists last month. A Foreign Ministry official in Beirut, Lebanon, confirmed that two Lebanese had been kidnapped in Iraq. The official, speaking on condition anonymity, said the Lebanese Embassy in Baghdad informed the Foreign Ministry of the kidnappings. The Foreign Ministry is in contact with Lebanese officials in Baghdad to learn the identities of the hostages and circumstances of their kidnappings. Earlier Thursday, Arab TV station Al-Jazeera showed footage of 10 new hostages seized in Iraq by militants, saying two of those taken by The Islamic Army in Iraq were Lebanese.
