U.S. troops have arrested four Iraqi men in the kidnapping of American journalist Jill Carroll, who was freed in March after 82 days in captivity, a U.S. spokesman said Wednesday.
Maj. Gen. William Caldwell said the four, who were not identified, were arrested in Anbar province west of Baghdad but he did not say when. Another U.S. official, Lt. Col. Barry Johnson, said the arrests were made about a month ago.
Caldwell said Carroll, who works for the Christian Science Monitor, was held at three locations, including one about seven miles west of Fallujah before she was freed March 30.
The 28-year-old journalist was kidnapped Jan. 7 in west Baghdad and her Iraqi interpreter was shot dead. She was released near a Sunni Arab political party office in Baghdad and returned to the United States on April 2.
The breakthrough came after a Marine lieutenant from the 1st Marine Expeditionary Force identified a house from intelligence reports and photographs that he had seen earlier.
"Sound intelligence was paramount here," Caldwell said.
This comes on the heels of reports that
Jill Carroll has provided an 11-part retelling of her ordeal in the Christian Science Monitor for whom she worked when she was kidnapped.
Carroll has written an 11-part series that will begin appearing Monday in the Christian Science Monitor.
The paper says “Hostage: The Jill Carroll Story” will feature her own words about her abduction and 82 days in captivity. Their website will also publish video clips of Carroll describing those days.
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