Israel media group retracts 'terrorist' term in Nigeria kidnap

0 Comments | AFP, August, 2008

JERUSALEM (AFP) — An Israeli religious media outlet on Thursday said it has retracted its description of the kidnappers of an Israeli man in Nigeria this week as "terrorists."

Arutz Sheva, which has a radio station and news website, made the move after a militant Nigerian group said it would withdraw its offer to help find the hostage until it apologised for using the term.

"After consultation with diplomatic sources, IsraelNationalNews.com has decided to remove the reference to the militant group in Nigeria as "terrorist," Baruch Gordon, director of English media at Arutz Sheva (IsraelNationalNews.com), said on its website.

Nigeria's most prominent armed group The Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) said it had located the 60-year-old...

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