(1)Japan unable to confirm if Saito has been taken hostage

(1)Japan unable to confirm if Saito has been taken hostage

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows a passport posted by an Iraqi insurgent group, the Ansar al-Sunnah Army, on its website on May 9. The passport is believed to be that of Akihiko Saito, who worked at a U.S. military base in western Iraq for more than a year for the Iraqi branch of Hart, a British security firm based in Cyprus. (Kyodo)

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