{"id":29044,"date":"2026-04-01T20:41:00","date_gmt":"2026-04-01T20:41:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/04\/01\/reporter-who-was-kidnapped-in-baghdad-was-known-for-pursuing-gutsy-low-budget-assignments-ap-news\/"},"modified":"2026-04-01T20:41:00","modified_gmt":"2026-04-01T20:41:00","slug":"reporter-who-was-kidnapped-in-baghdad-was-known-for-pursuing-gutsy-low-budget-assignments-ap-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/04\/01\/reporter-who-was-kidnapped-in-baghdad-was-known-for-pursuing-gutsy-low-budget-assignments-ap-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Reporter who was kidnapped in Baghdad was known for pursuing gutsy, low-budget assignments &#8211; AP News"},"content":{"rendered":"<ol>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMirwFBVV95cUxNeDM4UFJodGZ5NVl3MnJrYldTVlJ6cDRidlpQSUpWQWt0WkNyWmhlOU14MWFjTDNEWWFaeXlzWHdyNmdOVWhmT1czVGpsY0dRbFVfVlB0WTlwdWtJdUFOUm9qSkRmZDQ0ZlRVaDlLcnI5Y3MwMzBUdWc5S3B1bjNFUUJZNlNDRnVSMV9RYVZ0NkozbFNNLTQ2enNiamNKaGFFRDhzNC1ZTTFlRHFndmdJ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Reporter who was kidnapped in Baghdad was known for pursuing gutsy, low-budget assignments<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">AP News<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMijgFBVV95cUxQaWdLWFV6WC16a1U3RlVFVS0zYUE0WWpkQWFYbmxBZFlWNG1OdndVdVZTaS14azZTd2VWYzFGYTE5cGVCcnBJZHNRUEVub3dBa2U0NFlwbVhwazRZak10V2hMeE5zM0hHeE9MQTZqUFRfWmdJaWhHVzZNMWxBR3RSTE1pd3BEVXNEX052YUJ3?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">American journalist Shelly Kittleson kidnapped in Baghdad<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">CNN<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiogFBVV95cUxQWnJlVVBkVVM1RU10MF84N1YwWHV4eHc1UUVZaXB1TWstUmcyRmZkU3lUYkFubGhJMGlTSE9WN19oamRCaV9mcExaTWdnQ0VTVzJwOEJhQkxkSGtYSmFmNmYzeTFZTHFKV3JKbVRNY2o2aHR1RWdPUjFWQUdHZkhWNnlncllEUlRzcWxiQkhoOTNaUjFySnpBZnRwLW1jb2dkVWc?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">American journalist Shelly Kittleson kidnapped in Iraq, US officials say<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">The Guardian<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.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?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">U.S. journalist kidnapped in Baghdad, security forces tracking down captors, Iraqi officials say<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">PBS<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMinwFBVV95cUxNbEZ2U0tIaTROYzE2OVpmd0xWSGt1MmRfRUwxeEM4d3ZrVGNqWDAwSEJjLWsySmtmXzRfVDhuZ2VydlhFZXlTQkxvQVlac2JUY2J2T3g4el9vY3dvUzkzWERYN0dUNTBiNWR1MDZtN0tSdnk5TXZ4VTNIZlFVd0VKMVVmRzdJc29tSjAtTEVlQU1keWdBRXdUaFRneGtDZDg?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">AL-MONITOR calls for release of contributor Shelly Kittleson<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">Al-Monitor<\/font><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Reporter who was kidnapped in Baghdad was known for pursuing gutsy, low-budget assignments&nbsp;&nbsp;AP News American journalist Shelly Kittleson kidnapped in Baghdad&nbsp;&nbsp;CNN American journalist Shelly Kittleson&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/04\/01\/reporter-who-was-kidnapped-in-baghdad-was-known-for-pursuing-gutsy-low-budget-assignments-ap-news\/\" class=\"read-more\">[more]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[70],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-29044","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29044","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=29044"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29044\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29044"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29044"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29044"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}