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American journalist Shelly Kittleson released after kidnapping in Iraq
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2:31Now PlayingAmerican journalist Shelly Kittleson has been released after being kidnapped in Iraq last week.
An Iran-backed Iraqi militia, Kataib Hezbollah, told the Associated Press they decided to free the journalist in return for members of their group to be released.
An official with the group said Kittleson was released in the afternoon, but did not share her current location.
Kittleson was kidnapped last Tuesday in Baghdad. The Iraqi interior ministry confirmed her kidnapping, detailing two cars involved, one of which crashed while authorities pursued the other.
Kittleson is an award-winning Rome-based freelance journalist who has covered news in Iraq, Syria and Afghanistan.
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