Al-Abadi said in a statement followed by IraqiNews.com, “I doubt that the three missing Americans have been kidnapped,” pointing out that, “The Iraqi government doesn’t know that the Americans have been kidnapped, but they are missing.”

The Republican senator Marco Rubio said, “The three Americans might be kidnapped by a Shiite militia linked to Iran,” indicating that, “The incident may be related to the release of American prisoners who were recently detained in Iran.”

“Iran has no role in this incident”, Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi replied.

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