BAGHDAD – An Iraqi government intelligence official confirms to the Associated Press that the missing Americans were kidnapped from their interpreter's home in Baghdad.
The kidnapping occurred, the official said, after the Americans were invited into the home of their interpreter in the southern Baghdad neighborhood of Dora.
The official spoke on condition of anonymity as he was not authorized to brief the press.
The U.S. Embassy confirmed Sunday that "several" Americans have gone missing in Iraq, after local media reported that three Americans had been kidnapped in the Iraqi capital.
There were no immediate claims of responsibility. Kidnappings in Iraq have been carried out by the Islamic State group, Shiite militias and criminal gangs often demanding ransom payments or seeking to resolve workplace disputes.
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