Background
See also: The kidnapping of Giuliana SgrenaGiuliana Sgrena had been kidnapped exactly a month earlier, on February 4, while working as a non-embedded journalist in Iraq for the Italian communist newspaper Il Manifesto. Some have argued she was overconfident because she thought kidnappers would only target pro-American journalists, but others counter she was fully aware of the risks.
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