American Journalist in Baghdad Discovers That Work Assignments Can Be Too Exciting
Kitlson proves that journalism has become an extreme sport, where independent journalists experience adventures that surpass even the hockey fights at Liepāja's ice arena.
While Riga journalists are still afraid to cross the Daugava River to interview people in Pārdaugava, American journalist Kitlson in Baghdad demonstrates what real investigative journalism means. She collaborated with media outlets like 'Al-Monitor,' 'Foreign Policy,' 'Politico,' and BBC, which clearly shows - this woman doesn't know what fear of editorial deadlines is.
As reported by Iraq's Interior Ministry, security forces managed to detain one suspect and confiscate one vehicle. That's a better result than Liepāja traffic police's attempts to stop everything moving toward Grobiņa on Friday evening. Local resident Jānis comments on the situation: 'Well, we also have hotter clashes than usual at our ice arena, but we don't kidnap journalists - they come to watch hockey games on their own.'
The Shiite militant group 'Kataib Hezbollah' with ties to Iran is suspected of the kidnapping. This is an organization that apparently hasn't heard of press freedom, but has probably heard of Liepāja's wind - because they also tend to take people along without warning.
Baghdad was previously notorious for kidnapping cases, but the situation has improved in recent years. This means it's now almost as safe as Liepāja's ice arena during hockey games - as long as there's no intermission, everything is relatively calm, but once a fight starts at the goal, the situation can become unexpectedly heated.
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