“As for the captives, the amir [ruler] has the choice of taking the most beneficial action of four possibilities: the first to put them to death by cutting their necks; the second, to enslave them and apply the laws of slavery regarding their sale and manumission; the third, to ransom them in exchange for goods or prisoners; and fourth, to show favor to them and pardon them. Allah, may he be exalted, says, ‘When you encounter those [infidels] who deny [the Truth=Islam] then strike [their] necks’ (Qur’an sura 47, verse 4)” — Al-Mawardi, al-Ahkam as-Sultaniyyah (The Laws of Islamic Governance).
“Female US journalist is kidnapped ‘by Iran-backed Hezbollah group’ in Baghdad while covering war on Iran,” by Adam Pogrund, Daily Mail, April 3, 2026:
An American journalist has reportedly been kidnapped by the Iranian-backed Kataib Hezbollah terror group in Baghdad.
Shelly Kittleson, a freelance reporter covering the Middle East and Afghanistan, was abducted by a group of unidentified men near her hotel in the Iraqi capital on Tuesday.
The interior ministry confirmed that a ‘foreign journalist was kidnapped by unknown individuals,’ adding that security forces are searching the city for her and pursuing the perpetrators.
‘The pursuit resulted in the interception of a vehicle belonging to the kidnappers, which overturned as they attempted to flee,’ the Iraqi ministry said, confirming that a suspect was arrested.
The journalist, who has worked for the BBC, was reportedly taken near the Palestine Hotel on Al-Saadoun Street in central Baghdad.
No group has claimed responsibility yet but there are fears Kataib Hezbollah, an Iranian-backed militia could be behind the kidnapping. The terror group also kidnapped Israeli-Russian researcher Elizabeth Tsurkov in 2023….
Joe10/10/732 says
I’m sorry but, there’s no way in hell I’d be anywhere in the Middle East right now. She just shouldn’t have been there. She’ll end up being raped 1000 times, then her head will chopped off.
gravenimage says
Without journalists we would not hear of most of these stories covered at Jihad Watch.
David Lakatos says
Islam is total garbage. There’s not one thing I like about Islam.
gravenimage says
+1
Billy says
Every Non-Muslim should be taught and should know that Islam is a Criminal-Terrorist-Gang Enterprise of deceit, discrimination, rape, segregation, violence, and terrorism against all Non-Muslims as taught by Allah in Islam’s Qur’an(Qur’an 3:54; 8:30; 9:5, 29, 111; 49:15; 98:6-7, etc.). As a result, Islam’s Muslims fund, create, and support Muslim Organization from Mosques, Muslim Homes, Muslim Schools, Islamic Centers, Non-Profits, etc. to Islamize a society with Sharia, Islamic Law, to gain more taxpayer money, more political power, and more government control for Muslims. Allah in Qur’an 4:74 says, “So let those who purchase the world’s life for the hereafter engage in war for the sake of Allah. And whoever engages in war for the sake of Allah, whether he is killed or victorious, so we will give him a great wage.”
Allah says to kill the Non-Muslims who oppose or deny Allah, his Apostle, and Islam. Allah in Qur’an 5:33 says, “Surely the reward of those who war against Allah and his messenger and go about to vandalize on the earth is only that they will be killed or crucified or have their hands and legs cut off on opposite sides or they will be banished from the earth. This is their disgrace in this world, and in the hereafter they will have a great torment.”
David Lakatos says
Islam is a 1400-year-old scum-sucking Muhammadian jihad terrorist shithouse moon cult of death.
Winston 101 says
David Lakatos,
And when you see their “mosques” and “Islamic Centers” –
all you are really seeing is – Islamic Military Installations on American soil.
gravenimage says
Spot on, Winston.
David Lakatos says
Fighting Islam is nothing new. But letting them on our soil to spread their disease is new.
࿗Infidel࿘ says
Real genius – American journalist who thought that Iraq was safe to operate in b’cos… Bush!
Even Americans who happen to be Leftists or jihad sympathizers will quickly find out that in these islamic countries, they’ll get abducted or lynched simply b’cos they’re American. Regardless of whether or not they suffer from TDS
James Lincoln says
According to the feature article:
“The journalist, who has worked for the BBC…”
If she ever gets out of that craphole alive, I wonder if she will then “enlighten” the far-left islam-loving BBC and the American MSM…
gravenimage says
Iraq: Iran-backed Hizballah group kidnaps female American journalist
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I hope this poor woman survives.
Brent Horton says
I grew up with decades of islamic kidnappings, terrorism, rape, sodomy, and numerous other depravities, all committed by the ” religion of peace “. All the while? Liberals in charge, and the liberal media continued to portray Arafat, Khomeini, the Taliban, etc., as these ” morale “, ” upright “, ” pillars of society “.