abduction
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The FBI, National Security Council, state department, Delta Force and the Iraqi Counter-Terrorism Service were in contact about her abduction, sources familiar told CBS.
From BBC • Mar. 31, 2026
Dylan Johnson, assistant secretary of state for global public affairs, confirmed the abduction of an American journalist, without naming Kittleson.
From BBC • Mar. 31, 2026
NBC is also airing a special “Dateline” episode on the abduction on Friday.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 27, 2026
And who would be harshing this hooligan’s buzz with a case of reform-minded abduction?
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 6, 2026
Eighteenth-century English and French scientists rejected the ample testimony as to the reality of meteorites, as we reject stories of alien abduction.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
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