American hostage makes plea in newly surfaced video
544 views · Published 27 December 2013 · 2:00 · Indexed 8 November 2026
Channel: CBS Evening News · 2013 · News & Politics
The U.S. State Department is trying to authenticate a video that surfaced of an American held captive by al Qaeda. Warren Weinstein was kidnapped two-and-a-half years ago in Pakistan, where he was working as an independent contractor for a private U.S. company. In the video, Weinstein asks President Obama to help negotiate his release. Holly Williams reports.
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