An Iran-backed Iraqi militia says it will free a kidnapped American journalist. Correspondent Bernie Bennett has the details. VERBATIM: The powerful Iran-backed Iraqi militia known as “Kah-tah-eeb Hez-boh-lah” said in a statement Tuesday that it will release American journalist Shelly Kittleson, who was kidnapped from a Baghdad street last week. The group said its decision […]
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An Iran-backed Iraqi militia says it will free a kidnapped American journalist. Correspondent Bernie Bennett has the details.
VERBATIM:
The powerful Iran-backed Iraqi militia known as “Kah-tah-eeb Hez-boh-lah” said in a statement Tuesday that it will release American journalist Shelly Kittleson, who was kidnapped from a Baghdad street last week.
The group said its decision came “in appreciation of the patriotic stances of the outgoing Prime Minister” Mohammed Shia al-Sudani, without giving more details. It added that “this initiative will not be repeated in future.”
Kataib Hezbollah had not previously acknowledged that it was the group responsible for Kittleson’s abduction, although both U.S. and Iraqi officials had pointed fingers at the group.
Bernie Bennett in Washington.