U.S. and Iraqi officials say an American journalist was warned of threats against her in the days before she was kidnapped from the capital of Baghdad.
An Iraqi official says Shelly Kittleson entered Iraq from Syria prior to her abduction. She remains missing.
Security footage obtained by the Associated Press appears to show the moment when two men push a person believed to be Kittleson into the back of a sedan in broad daylight.
Iraqi security forces say they have arrested one suspect. U.S. officials allege she was taken by Kataib Hezbollah, an Iran-backed militia operating in Iraq. That group has not claimed responsibility.
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