{"id":589494,"date":"2026-04-08T04:28:09","date_gmt":"2026-04-08T04:28:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/589494\/"},"modified":"2026-04-08T04:28:09","modified_gmt":"2026-04-08T04:28:09","slug":"us-journalist-shelly-kittleson-released-after-kidnap-in-iraq-officials-say-bbc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/589494\/","title":{"rendered":"US journalist Shelly Kittleson released after kidnap in Iraq, officials say &#8211; BBC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiWkFVX3lxTFBhOERsd2pOZ0F6S3RXOFpBQktvLWNDbnRfeXBfYTJMd2RQUDhUb2pvX1lNQnluak85RmZJZDdqSXZGd19USjR6ZlJ5VElxS2JseEpRbms3UUtwUQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">US journalist Shelly Kittleson released after kidnap in Iraq, officials say<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;BBC<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMirwFBVV95cUxNeDM4UFJodGZ5NVl3MnJrYldTVlJ6cDRidlpQSUpWQWt0WkNyWmhlOU14MWFjTDNEWWFaeXlzWHdyNmdOVWhmT1czVGpsY0dRbFVfVlB0WTlwdWtJdUFOUm9qSkRmZDQ0ZlRVaDlLcnI5Y3MwMzBUdWc5S3B1bjNFUUJZNlNDRnVSMV9RYVZ0NkozbFNNLTQ2enNiamNKaGFFRDhzNC1ZTTFlRHFndmdJ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Reporter who was kidnapped in Baghdad is known for pursuing gutsy, low-budget assignments<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;AP News<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiqgFBVV95cUxQUzl2R2NUNTd6NFJ6WktqMWFxMFZqQkphSndwcHRKZU9xTmwtWHhodnNOMXR4Tmw1NTY3VWJCZXg1VTNGZXhFQlAzV2N1TTIyN2N0dUZWSm5KZEdEOG9nSUI2Mkx1NzVsbUdBX0FDYTIwajhNSkF4UnRLOTVGaFdsTWJ3ejZabzRaZW1PUk8zR1NtMUZHa1VERnI0c0MxZ09vMmxKdndaeURVZ9IBrwFBVV95cUxOLVhWanB2SGd0WnJQN1NDT0xsb0NRbFVfdkdRaUpyZnc2Qnh3RFN2WkZNdFhxRkdYeEdnZFBfbUVXV240dVRMTmxydlc3ajBHSDdJX09uM29uSXd6Q0dNNFZyaEpXbmR3c0lPdml6dElRQ1ZBeWZUekU3WFdhVUpOWUFVRDZleUhDMndZRzN0cXNKQW8zUEZacnlpWWdsX3p2STRNUXpFQ09KV3VDZHVB?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Iraqi armed group releases abducted US journalist Shelly Kittleson<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Al Jazeera<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiiwFBVV95cUxPVlhuT3hhZzlWcGVGU0pXbEpwOHNRa1g4YlpaX040S2lQY0xEMzZFS1RpVVBlTktLOEptRkVLWjNrbjRaYnpuMjYtb2EyQVVHbjhOUXJyd2tTRF9OMk9FU2pWY1VrZlFrSWEzUUxEbzdueVZYV1dISmJlSmhmLXVKTWxoXzZuRnlFcjJJ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">American journalist released a week after being kidnapped in Iraq<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Guardian<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMikwFBVV95cUxNVExBdF9rbE1UZjIxZW9UT3hxSGtEaEtmbzRrcTU2anRNRk0tZzdCYzVyWGxNWDhJdTExVnFuWkhpNTNlYzVKTW5jVnZ3MkJPT1JKRGxUcG5xZjYxSzlnY1hwV0s4cnlDUWlKcGZNTmdrT3VTQ1F1eWRVQVpoTkNvS0p0NEdfOFFYWXJQTW1PSE8yeUE?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Shelly Kittleson, American Journalist Abducted in Iraq, Is Freed<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;nytimes.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"US journalist Shelly Kittleson released after kidnap in Iraq, officials say&nbsp;&nbsp;BBCReporter who was kidnapped in Baghdad is known&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":589495,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[43,44,41,39,42,40],"class_list":{"0":"post-589494","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-headlines","8":"tag-headlines","9":"tag-news","10":"tag-top-news","11":"tag-top-stories","12":"tag-topnews","13":"tag-topstories"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/589494","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=589494"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/589494\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/589495"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=589494"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=589494"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=589494"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}