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Global tensions spike after American journalist Shelly Kittleson, kidnapped in Baghdad, appeared in shocking footage released by Iran-linked militia Kataib Hezbollah, confessing to gathering intelligence for the United States. In the video, Kittleson claims she was tasked with collecting sensitive political and military information, including insights on Iraqi resistance groups and public opinion on war. She also alleges receiving training from American officers and criticizes former President Donald Trump’s policies for worsening security conditions. The dramatic development has raised serious questions about journalism, espionage, and escalating geopolitical risks in the Middle East.#IraqHostageCrisis #USJournalistKidnapped #SpyConfession #ShellyKittleson #IraqNews #MiddleEastTensions #KataibHezbollah #USIntelLeak #JournalistSpy #BreakingNews #IraqConflict #USForeignPolicy #TrumpPolicies #WarCorrespondent #GlobalCrisis #HostageDrama #IntelligenceScandal

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00:00have also worked in Afghanistan, Ukraine and Syria. I received training from American officers
00:10in Syria in 2025 for three months. The American Council in Baghdad asked me for information
00:18in these years about Hashtashabi and the resistance factions, Kataifis Bola and Nujaba.
00:28In my latest travel, they asked me for more information of a political and intelligence
00:36nature of the positions of the Iraqi population about the war. My name is Shelley Renee Kittleson.
00:44I am a freelance journalist and an American citizen. I live in Italy. I speak English,
00:52Italian and Arabic. I have worked in Iraq as a conflict journalist since 2015.
01:00I am in contact with Peshmerga and Iraqi armed forces. I have also worked in Afghanistan,
01:09Ukraine and Syria. I received training from American officers in Syria in 2025 for three months and also
01:22in Ukraine. The American Council in Baghdad asked me for information in these years about Hashtashabi
01:30and the resistance factions, Kataifis Bola and Nujaba, and especially about the security chief of Kataifis Bola,
01:41Al Ahmed Dawi, and other leaders, but I've forgotten their names. I collected information,
01:50but it wasn't enough, and they asked me for more. In my latest travel, they asked me for more information
01:58information of a political and intelligence nature of the positions of the Iraqi population about the war,
02:06and I made studies on this, and also about the basis of the resistance factions in which there are the
02:17leaders.
02:18Our lives as Americans were safer before the Trump administration. We walked freely in the streets of Baghdad
02:25without moving in security escorts, and our lives are now in danger, and this is entirely because of the
02:31Trump administration's stupid policies. Thousands of Americans that worked here have lost their jobs
02:38and have left, and their families don't have money in America to live. This is entirely because of the
02:45Trump administration's stupid policies. I am asking the courageous men to defend their country in this
02:53long-term resistance to free me. I promise not to do anything ever to harm their country, ever.
03:00And I know that these courageous and honorable men will do this because they are a woman and they respect
03:08women.
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