Iraqis held over reporter kidnap

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BBC NEWS

Iraqis held over reporter kidnap

The US military says it has arrested four Iraqi men in connection with the abduction of journalist Jill Carroll, who was held in Iraq for 82 days.

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"Coalition forces have detained four Iraqi men that we believe have been involved in the kidnapping of Jill Carroll," Maj Gen Caldwell told journalists.

He said a young US military officer had become suspicious about a house in Habbaniya, 13km (seven miles) west of Falluja in the western Anbar province and decided to investigate.

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Story from BBC NEWS:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/pr/fr/-/2/hi/middle_east/4776423.stm

Published: 2006/08/09 13:55:41 GMT

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1. And released 2 other hostages in the process.....

"Troops on the ground - young sailors and marines - paid attention to details that may have been considered minor at the time," said Maj Gen Caldwell.

They detained the owner of the house for questioning, which resulted in raids of at least two additional sites, during which two hostages were released and three more men arrested.

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2. AP: Marines: Carroll Was Held Near Iraq Base

Marines: Carroll Was Held Near Iraq Base

By ANTONIO CASTANEDA, Associated Press Writer

Wednesday, August 9, 2006

(08-09) 18:12 PDT HABANIYAH, Iraq (AP) --

U.S. Marines who cracked the Jill Carroll kidnapping case say the American
journalist was held for a time in a home within sight of a sprawling U.S.
military base in western Iraq.

The Marines said the big break occurred May 19 when they searched a suspect's
home near the Taqqadum logistics base seven weeks after Carroll's release.
A young lieutenant linked the residence to intelligence reports in the case.

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One of the suspects is a member of the Mujahedeen Shura Council, an umbrella
organization of Sunni Arab insurgent groups that includes al-Qaida in Iraq,
said Maj. Gen. William Caldwell who announced the arrests. He said no decision
had been made on what legal action to take against the four.

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Full article: http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2006/08/09/international/i125753D59.DTL