{"id":35680,"date":"2026-04-07T16:24:35","date_gmt":"2026-04-07T16:24:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/04\/07\/american-journalist-kidnapped-in-iraq-is-freed-the-new-york-times\/"},"modified":"2026-04-07T16:24:35","modified_gmt":"2026-04-07T16:24:35","slug":"american-journalist-kidnapped-in-iraq-is-freed-the-new-york-times","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/04\/07\/american-journalist-kidnapped-in-iraq-is-freed-the-new-york-times\/","title":{"rendered":"American Journalist Kidnapped in Iraq Is Freed &#8211; The New York Times"},"content":{"rendered":"<ol>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMikwFBVV95cUxNVExBdF9rbE1UZjIxZW9UT3hxSGtEaEtmbzRrcTU2anRNRk0tZzdCYzVyWGxNWDhJdTExVnFuWkhpNTNlYzVKTW5jVnZ3MkJPT1JKRGxUcG5xZjYxSzlnY1hwV0s4cnlDUWlKcGZNTmdrT3VTQ1F1eWRVQVpoTkNvS0p0NEdfOFFYWXJQTW1PSE8yeUE?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">American Journalist Kidnapped in Iraq Is Freed<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">The New York Times<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiiwFBVV95cUxPVlhuT3hhZzlWcGVGU0pXbEpwOHNRa1g4YlpaX040S2lQY0xEMzZFS1RpVVBlTktLOEptRkVLWjNrbjRaYnpuMjYtb2EyQVVHbjhOUXJyd2tTRF9OMk9FU2pWY1VrZlFrSWEzUUxEbzdueVZYV1dISmJlSmhmLXVKTWxoXzZuRnlFcjJJ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">American journalist released a week after being kidnapped in Iraq<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">The Guardian<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMirwFBVV95cUxNeDM4UFJodGZ5NVl3MnJrYldTVlJ6cDRidlpQSUpWQWt0WkNyWmhlOU14MWFjTDNEWWFaeXlzWHdyNmdOVWhmT1czVGpsY0dRbFVfVlB0WTlwdWtJdUFOUm9qSkRmZDQ0ZlRVaDlLcnI5Y3MwMzBUdWc5S3B1bjNFUUJZNlNDRnVSMV9RYVZ0NkozbFNNLTQ2enNiamNKaGFFRDhzNC1ZTTFlRHFndmdJ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Reporter who was kidnapped in Baghdad is 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\/CBMikgFBVV95cUxPakRvR2VrSGVibEQxNEZ4c1d0V0NfMzRFV01lclFHZmp1aUptYVg1TUJwcmdMM0xSVVA3WDFkYUdoVnJTQVh3T0NoYmdfSUU2aDJKR3YyQndkS3F1M3NiSW5DS0FPUUo5QjZ0TEdPeFdabWJ3TmhaTVg4QTZCM19sVlp6bFBKOUIyaVBNM1FTLTJwUQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">American journalist Shelly Kittleson has been released, an Iraqi official tells the AP<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">Yahoo<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiogFBVV95cUxOOXdYUXFHRGIwa0huRE1GLVBIcDVNYnFzM2V0VTFOYlg0N2dhWHJLazZoZEpzVDdmOWxZT2szN09sZWloX1NvcFpFNktZQWxubEZHMGJnVWh5YzQ0NmhmaEQ3V2JhMm9JbGl6eVNQNGNhYnJ0aTFJQlhUdXBfemxTWUZ4QXlrUEdrcVFvNTA3NFBTT19JNEFpREJYVEJuSk1nTVE?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">U.S. journalist Shelly Kittleson, kidnapped in Iraq, is freed in prisoner swap<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">washingtonpost.com<\/font><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>American Journalist Kidnapped in Iraq Is Freed&nbsp;&nbsp;The New York Times American journalist released a week after being kidnapped in Iraq&nbsp;&nbsp;The Guardian Reporter who was kidnapped&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/04\/07\/american-journalist-kidnapped-in-iraq-is-freed-the-new-york-times\/\" 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-35680","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35680","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=35680"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35680\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=35680"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=35680"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=35680"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}