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A Lebanese-born US marine who was reported to have been beheaded by his kidnappers in Iraq is alive and has been set free, his brother said.
Wassef Ali Hassoun's brother Sami said the family had received word that he had been released early on Tuesday.
He did not specify what the source of the information was, but said the family had "received a sign from my brother reassuring us".
On Saturday, a militant group claimed on a website it had killed Mr Hassoun.
"We have received a call that reassured us. My brother is alive and has been freed," Sami Hassoun said from the northern Lebanese city of Tripoli, where the family originates.
It is reported that the Lebanese Foreign Ministry had been told by Lebanon's Baghdad Embassy that the US soldier was alive.
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Wassef Ali Hassoun's brother Sami said the family had received word that he had been released early on Tuesday.
He did not specify what the source of the information was, but said the family had "received a sign from my brother reassuring us".
On Saturday, a militant group claimed on a website it had killed Mr Hassoun.
"We have received a call that reassured us. My brother is alive and has been freed," Sami Hassoun said from the northern Lebanese city of Tripoli, where the family originates.
It is reported that the Lebanese Foreign Ministry had been told by Lebanon's Baghdad Embassy that the US soldier was alive.
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