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muriel_volestrangler

(106,260 posts)
Tue Apr 7, 2026, 03:17 PM 18 hrs ago

American journalist Shelly Kittleson has been released, an Iraqi official tells the AP

Source: Associated Press

BAGHDAD (AP) — American journalist Shelly Kittleson, who was kidnapped from a Baghdad streetcorner last week, has been released, an Iraqi official with direct knowledge of the situation said on Tuesday.

Kittleson was freed in the afternoon, said the official, who spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to comment publicly. He did not share her current whereabouts but said that prior to her release, she had been held in Baghdad.

The powerful Iran-backed Iraqi militia Kataib Hezbollah said in a statement earlier in the day it had decided to free Kittleson, who was abducted on March 31.
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The statement added a condition — that Kittleson must “leave the country immediately” upon her release.

Read more: https://apnews.com/article/journalist-kidnapped-iraq-shelly-kittleson-3e1a3a8e96656629abd1152c098e9caf



I imagine she's pretty keen to leave.
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