Video. Surveillance video shows kidnapping of US journalist in Baghdad
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“Surveillance footage appears to show the abduction of US journalist Shelly Kittleson in Baghdad, as officials say she remains missing and an investigation into the kidnapping is ongoing.”
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— A series of demonstrations, marches, sit-ins and civil disobedience took place in Iraq from 2019 until 2021. It started on 1 October 2019, a date which was set by civil activists on social media, spre…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2019–2021_Iraqi_protests
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— The Islamic State (IS), also known as the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), and by its Arabic acronym Daesh, is a transnational Salafi jihadist m…
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— Surveillance video shows kidnapping of US journalist in Baghdad
https://www.euronews.com/video/2026/04/01/surveillance-video…
https://www.euronews.com/video/2026/04/01/surveillance-video…
“Officials say she remains missing”
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— The 2026 Iran war has involved Iraq, where Iranian forces and allied militias conducted missile and drone strikes against coalition facilities and targeted areas in Baghdad and Kurdistan Region.
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— Saraya Awliya al-Dam (Arabic: سرايا أولياء الدم), also referred to by the abbreviation SAD, is a Shi'ite pro-Iran militia based in Iraq. The organization is known for its counter-U.S. operations in no…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saraya_Awliya_al-Dam
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“An investigation into the kidnapping is ongoing”
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— Shelly Kittleson (born 1976/77) is a freelance American journalist, primarily reporting on conflict, security, and humanitarian concerns in the Middle East and Afghanistan. On March 31, 2026, Kittleso…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shelly_Kittleson
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— The 2026 Iran war has involved Iraq, where Iranian forces and allied militias conducted missile and drone strikes against coalition facilities and targeted areas in Baghdad and Kurdistan Region.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iraq_in_the_2026_Iran_war
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iraq_in_the_2026_Iran_war
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— Saraya Awliya al-Dam (Arabic: سرايا أولياء الدم), also referred to by the abbreviation SAD, is a Shi'ite pro-Iran militia based in Iraq. The organization is known for its counter-U.S. operations in no…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saraya_Awliya_al-Dam
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saraya_Awliya_al-Dam
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