Student May Be Kidnapped in West Bank

[Behind the Aegis]

NABLUS, West Bank (AP) -- An American student teaching in West Bank refugee camps was reported missing Wednesday, and his project manager said he had been kidnapped.

A blurred photocopy of a passport and student card carrying the name Michael Leighton Phillips was sent to a foreign news agency by a group calling itself Ansar al-Sunna. Palestinian security said they did not know of such a group and could not confirmed that the American had been abducted. Groups by that name operate in Iraq and Lebanon.

Samah Atout, manager of Project Hope, said she received a call saying Phillips had been kidnapped. She refused to give further details.

An American consulate official said that Phillips was missing but could not confirm that he was kidnapped. The official was speaking on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to talk to reporters.

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[superconnected]

1. Well you know, time to carpet bomb.

[Behind the Aegis]

2. .

:eyes: and :puke:

BTW...try reading the update by clicking on the story again!

[pitohui]

3. if this is the mandeville, louisiana teacher, he's fine now

his dad heard from him and he's cool

again, i don't know how to link these videos, if you go to nola.com, which is the new orleans newspaper, click on the video called "mandeville teacher kidnapped in palestine" for the interview with his dad here in new orleans (mandeville is a wealthy suburb of nola)

this was probably a dumb-ass mistake to have kidnapped him in the first place, he is teaching palestinian refugees if i understand correctly

(and p.s. i have now clicked your link, yeah, same guy, he's fine, it's all good)