Arab satellite TV al-Jazeera has aired a video made by a previously unknown militant group showing four Western nationals taken hostage in Iraq.
A Briton, two Canadians and a US citizen were kidnapped in western Baghdad on Saturday.
The video claimed they were undercover spies working as Christian peace activists, and showed the passport of the UK man, 74-year-old Norman Kember.
No demands or specific threats against their lives were made in the tape.
Mr Kember was shown sitting on the floor with three other men.
BBC security correspondent Gordon Corera says the hostages did not appear in distress and it seemed a positive sign that no gunmen were threatening them in the video from the Swords of Truth Brigade.
It bears all the hallmarks of a political kidnapping, not one for money, our correspondent says.
The footage had a date stamp indicating it was recorded on 27 November.
A US-based group which says it is involved in violence-reduction programmes confirmed on Tuesday that four of its members had been seized in Baghdad.
Christian Peacemaker Teams (CPT) said its teams of trained peacemakers "work in areas of lethal conflict around the world."
The organisation said it had been present in Iraq since April 2003, "providing first-hand, independent reports from the region, working with detainees of both US and Iraqi forces, training others in non-violent intervention, and human rights documentation," according to a statement.
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