Warren Weinstein: US Aid Worker Held Hostage Pleads for Life
American Hostage Warren Weinstein’s plea in an al-Qaida video
In a video released by al Qaeda, 70-year-old American aid worker Warren Weinstein says he’ll be killed unless President Barack Obama agrees to the jihadi group’s demands. Bill Piatt, a friend and former colleague of Weinstein’s talks with host Marco Werman.
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