2026年4月7日 / 美国东部时间下午2:38 / 哥伦比亚广播公司新闻（CBS News）
作者：塔克·里亚尔斯
塔克·里亚尔斯是CBSNews.com的外籍编辑，驻哥伦比亚广播公司伦敦分社。他自2006年起为哥伦比亚广播公司新闻工作，此前曾在华盛顿特区和伦敦的美联社任职。
据两名伊拉克政府消息人士和一名了解情况的消息人士透露，美国记者雪莉·基特尔森已获释。一周前，伊朗支持的“真主党旅”（Kata’ib Hezbollah）武装分子在伊拉克将其绑架。
多名消息人士称，“真主党旅”曾将基特尔森的名字列入针对美国记者的绑架目标名单。她于3月31日，也就是上周二，在巴格达被绑架。
“真主党旅”武装分子的一名发言人早前在该组织的Telegram聊天频道发帖称，将释放基特尔森，但条件是她立即离开伊拉克。
目前尚不清楚她当时的具体下落。
两名不愿透露姓名的武装分子官员告诉美联社，作为释放基特尔森的交换条件，伊拉克当局将释放该组织的几名被扣押成员。
早前，该组织发布了一段未标注日期的视频，视频中基特尔森正对镜头讲话。目前尚不清楚视频拍摄地点。视频时长约两分半钟，画面中她身穿粉色毛衣和绿色西装外套。
基特尔森在美国指定联络人、美国有线电视新闻网（CNN）国家安全分析师亚历克斯·普利察斯此前告诉CBS新闻，美国政府曾就“真主党旅”对基特尔森的具体威胁向她发出过警告。该组织是伊朗支持的准军事组织，据称曾试图绑架或杀害女性记者。
一名美国官员告诉CBS新闻，美方曾多次向基特尔森发出针对她的威胁警告，最晚一次就在她被绑架的前一晚。
女性记者联盟（Coalition for Women in Journalism）创始人兼主任基兰·纳齐什上周对CBS新闻表示，基特尔森前往伊拉克是为了投奔当地的一户人家，这家人曾向基特尔森保证无需担心，他们“会保护她的安全”。纳齐什告诉CBS新闻，基特尔森曾在短信中表示，有人建议她不要前往伊拉克，但“她还是做了自己一贯会做的事”。
纳齐什称，基特尔森此前曾多次前往伊拉克和叙利亚，拥有“在艰难环境中实地报道的经验”。基特尔森居住在罗马，也曾在伊斯坦布尔生活过。
美联社、卡拉·塔巴奇尼克、帕特·米尔顿、奥马尔·阿卜杜勒卡德尔和玛格丽特·布伦南为本报道撰稿。
https://www.cbsnews.com/video/american-journalist-shelly-kittleson-was-concerned-about-her-safety-before-kidnapping-editor-says/
American journalist Shelly Kittleson is released after being kidnapped in Iraq, sources say
April 7, 2026 / 2:38 PM EDT / CBS News
By Tucker Reals
Tucker Reals is CBSNews.com’s foreign editor, based in the CBS News London bureau. He has worked for CBS News since 2006, prior to which he worked for The Associated Press in Washington, D.C., and London.
American journalist Shelly Kittleson has been freed after militants from the Iranian-backed Kata’ib Hezbollah kidnapped her in Iraq one week ago, according to two Iraqi government sources and a source familiar with the situation.
Kata’ib Hezbollah had Kittleson’s name on a list of American journalists to target for kidnapping, multiple sources said. She was abducted in Baghdad last Tuesday, March 31.
A spokesperson for the Kata’ib Hezbollah militia said earlier in a post on the group’s Telegram messaging app channel that Kittleson was being released on the condition that she leave Iraq immediately.
Her whereabouts were not immediately clear.
Two militia officials, who spoke on condition of anonymity, told The Associated Press that in exchange for Kittleson’s release, Iraqi authorities would free several detained members of the group.
Earlier, the group released an undated video of Kittleson in which she speaks directly to the camera. It is unclear where the video was taken. It runs about two and a half minutes long and she is seen wearing a pink sweater and green blazer.
Alex Plitsas, Kittleson’s designated point of contact in the U.S. and a CNN national security analyst, previously told CBS News the U.S. government had warned Kittleson about a specific threat against her by Kata’ib Hezbollah, an Iranian-backed paramilitary group that was allegedly looking to kidnap or kill female journalists.
Kittleson was contacted multiple times with warnings of threats against her, including as recently as the night before she was abducted, a U.S. official had told CBS News.
Journalist Kiran Nazish, the founder and director of the Coalition for Women in Journalism, told CBS News last week that Kittleson was traveling to Iraq to stay with a family there who had reassured Kittleson that she shouldn’t worry and that they “would keep her safe.” Kittleson told Nazish in a text message that she had been advised not to travel, but “she was doing what she had always done,” Nazish told CBS News.
Nazish said Kittleson traveled to Iraq and Syria several times before and had “experience reporting on the ground in difficult circumstances.” Kittleson lives in Rome and has spent time in Istanbul.
The Associated Press, Cara Tabachnick, Pat Milton, Omar Abdulkader and Margaret Brennan contributed to this report.
https://www.cbsnews.com/video/american-journalist-shelly-kittleson-was-concerned-about-her-safety-before-kidnapping-editor-says/
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