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Mother Hopes Freed Wisconsin Journalist Will Come Home Following Her Release From Iraqi Captors

U.S. officials said the freelance journalist was freed after a week in captivity, and militia members were reportedly exchanged for her release.

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MOUNT HOREB, Wis. (AP) The mother of a freelance American journalist who was released from captivity in Iraq said Wednesday that she hopes her daughter will finally return home to rural Wisconsin after living abroad for decades.Katib Hezbollah, an Iran-backed militia group, kidnapped 49-year-old Shelly Kittleson off a Baghdad street corner on March 31. U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced Tuesday that Kittleson had been released.Two off…

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