American Woman, Journalist, Kidnapped In Iraq
Wire Service Reports: American Journalist Kidnapped in Iraq, Translator Killed
By E&P Staff
Published: January 07,
BAGHDAD Gunmen kidnapped a female American journalist and killed her Iraqi translator Saturday in western Baghdad, an Interior Ministry official said, according to The Associated Press and UPI.
Maj. Falah Mohamadawi said the translator told police before he died that the abduction took place when he and the journalist were heading to meet Adnan al-Dulaimi, head of the Sunni Arab Iraqi Accordance Front, in the Adel section of the city.
The woman's name was not released and it appears that this has not yet been confirmed by the U.S.
The neighborhood is dominated by Sunni Arabs and considered one of toughest in Baghdad. Reuters reports: "Immediately after the incident, American and Iraqi troops sealed off the area, witnesses said."
UPI identified the dead translator as Alin Ghazi Jack, an Iraqi Christian.
According to Samir Najim, a guard at al-Dulaimi's office, three armed men in a red Opel four-sedan intercepted the journalist's car and shot the translator before taking her in their car and driving away. The kidnapping took place about 100 yards from al-Dulaimi's office.
UPI, however, adds this somewhat conflicting detail: "They said the driver of the bus in which the journalist and translator were riding managed to escape the incident when he fled and sought the help of a police patrol that happened to be in the same area at the time."
The Paris-based media watchdog group, Reporters Without Borders said it was extremely worried for the fate of the missing reporter, according to UPI.
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By E&P Staff
Published: January 07,
BAGHDAD Gunmen kidnapped a female American journalist and killed her Iraqi translator Saturday in western Baghdad, an Interior Ministry official said, according to The Associated Press and UPI.
Maj. Falah Mohamadawi said the translator told police before he died that the abduction took place when he and the journalist were heading to meet Adnan al-Dulaimi, head of the Sunni Arab Iraqi Accordance Front, in the Adel section of the city.
The woman's name was not released and it appears that this has not yet been confirmed by the U.S.
The neighborhood is dominated by Sunni Arabs and considered one of toughest in Baghdad. Reuters reports: "Immediately after the incident, American and Iraqi troops sealed off the area, witnesses said."
UPI identified the dead translator as Alin Ghazi Jack, an Iraqi Christian.
According to Samir Najim, a guard at al-Dulaimi's office, three armed men in a red Opel four-sedan intercepted the journalist's car and shot the translator before taking her in their car and driving away. The kidnapping took place about 100 yards from al-Dulaimi's office.
UPI, however, adds this somewhat conflicting detail: "They said the driver of the bus in which the journalist and translator were riding managed to escape the incident when he fled and sought the help of a police patrol that happened to be in the same area at the time."
The Paris-based media watchdog group, Reporters Without Borders said it was extremely worried for the fate of the missing reporter, according to UPI.
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