{"id":88230,"date":"2026-04-24T19:39:30","date_gmt":"2026-04-24T19:39:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/?p=88230"},"modified":"2026-04-24T19:39:30","modified_gmt":"2026-04-24T19:39:30","slug":"us-journalist-kidnapped-in-iraq-thanks-so-many-people-who-helped-get-her-released","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/2026\/04\/24\/us-journalist-kidnapped-in-iraq-thanks-so-many-people-who-helped-get-her-released\/","title":{"rendered":"US journalist kidnapped in Iraq thanks &#8216;so many people&#8217; who helped get her released"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span><p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/img-s-msn-com.akamaized.net\/tenant\/amp\/entityid\/AA1ZRQ2O.img?w=534&amp;h=300&amp;m=6&amp;x=322&amp;y=149&amp;s=303&amp;d=303\" alt=\"Shelly Kittleson was freed a week after being abducted. Pic: X\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>A US journalist who was kidnapped in Iraq said she&#8217;s &#8220;incredibly grateful&#8221; to everyone who helped secure her freedom. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.msn.com\/en-gb\/news\/world\/us-journalist-kidnapped-in-iraq-thanks-so-many-people-who-helped-get-her-released\/ar-AA21Dcii?ocid=msedgntp&amp;pc=HCTS&amp;cvid=69eb3a90ed9145d687ae9049be26e44d&amp;cvpid=2965b129e81e4fe6816986f2b6f7f118&amp;ei=29\">Read More<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span>A US journalist who was kidnapped in Iraq said she&#8217;s &#8220;incredibly grateful&#8221; to everyone who helped secure her freedom. Read More<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":87181,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[154],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-88230","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-health"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Shelly-Kittleson.jpg","amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88230","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=88230"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88230\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":88231,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88230\/revisions\/88231"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/87181"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=88230"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=88230"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=88230"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}