Baghdad: US Journalist Missing, Interpreter Killed
An American female journalist went missing and the body of her Iraqi interpreter found near a mosque in Baghdad on Saturday, an Interior Ministry source told Xinhua.
The body of Alin Ghazi Jack, an Iraqi Christian interpreter, was found near the mosque of Anas Bin Malik in western Baghdad, said the source, who spoke on condition of anonymity.
The U.S. journalist was heading to make an interview with Adnan al-Dulaimi, head of the Iraqi Consensus Front, a Sunni Arab political body, the source said, quoting the information from an Iraqi army force.
The Iraqi army said they only found the body of the interpreter, but the American journalist was not found.
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) -- Gunmen kidnapped a female American journalist and killed her Iraqi translator in western Baghdad, an Interior Ministry official said Saturday.Maj. Falah Mohamadawi said the abduction and slaying took place on Friday.