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French journalists freed after four months in Iraq
Two French reporters Chesnot and Malbrunat were released by the Islamic Army of Iraq after 124 days in captivity. France denied any ransom was paid and credited government action and Arab pressure. The journalists, kidnapped August 20 with their Syrian driver, head home to Paris as Paris politics credit solidarity and oppose the Iraq war.
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Paris
Iraq
Christian Chesnot
Radio France Internationale
Georges Malbrunat
le Figaro
Islamic Army of
France
Jean-Pierre Raffarin
Baghdad
Najaf
Mohammed al-Joundi
Al-Jazeera
U.S
Saddam Hussein
Jacques Chirac
Michel Barnier
Cyprus
Chirac
Francois Bayrou
Raffarin
Senate
Christian Poncelet
Liberation
United States
Francois Gere
Reporters Without Borders
The
National Federation of the Italian Press
Journalists’ Union