Shelly Kittleson

(Newser) - An American journalist snatched off a busy Baghdad street may be seen as a bargaining chip by an Iraqi militia. Two Iraqi security officials tell the New York Times that Kataib Hezbollah reached out to the Iraqi government and offered to release reporter Shelly Kittleson in exchange for several of...

(Newser) - A US journalist who was kidnapped in Baghdad had tried to cross from Syria into Iraq three weeks earlier and was initially turned back, an Iraqi official said Wednesday. US and Iraqi officials said Shelly Kittleson had also been warned of threats against her in the days before her abduction,...

(Newser) - An American journalist was kidnapped on Tuesday in Baghdad and Iraqi security forces are pursuing her captors, Iraqi officials said. The journalist was identified as freelancer Shelly Kittleson by one of the outlets she worked for. A US official blamed the Iran-backed Iraqi militia Kataib Hezbollah, the AP reports. The...