{"id":3644,"date":"2008-08-24T14:58:25","date_gmt":"2008-08-24T21:58:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nationalterroralert.com\/?p=3644"},"modified":"2008-08-24T14:58:25","modified_gmt":"2008-08-24T21:58:25","slug":"alleged-al-qaeda-figure-arrested-in-jill-carroll-abduction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nationalterroralert.com\/alleged-al-qaeda-figure-arrested-in-jill-carroll-abduction\/","title":{"rendered":"Alleged Al Qaeda Figure Arrested in Jill Carroll Abduction"},"content":{"rendered":"
The U.S. military has announced the arrest of an Al Qaeda figure who allegedly planned the 2006 kidnapping of American journalist Jill Carroll.<\/p>\n
A statement Sunday says Salim Abdullah Ashur al-Shujayri was captured during an Aug. 11 operation. It adds he is also known as Abu Othman.<\/p>\n
The military says al-Shujayri is believed to be “the planner behind the kidnapping” of Carroll. She was a Christian Science Monitor reporter seized Jan. 7, 2006 and freed three months later.<\/p>\n
The statement also says al-Shujayri’s associates were involved in the high-profile kidnappings of Christian peace activists and British aid worker Margaret Hassan.<\/p>\n
Hassan was abducted in Baghdad in October 2004 and later killed, although her body was never found.<\/p>\n