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US warned kidnapped American journalist of threats, State Department says
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleThe US is aware of the reported kidnapping of an American journalist in Baghdad, Iraq, a US State Department official says, adding that the department had previously warned the journalist, named as Shelly Kittleson, of threats against her.
“The State Department previously fulfilled our duty to warn this individual of threats against them and we will continue to coordinate with the FBI to ensure their release as quickly as possible,” the department’s Assistant Secretary for Global Public Affairs Dylan Johnson writes in a post on X.
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