U.S. frees Reuters, NBC staff detained in Iraq

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(Source: Reuters)

U.S. frees Reuters, NBC staff detained in Iraq

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Three Iraqis working for Reuters and one employed by the U.S. network NBC were released on Monday after being detained by American soldiers since last week.

Reuters made contact with its staff after their release and NBC confirmed its freelance journalist had also been freed.

The Reuters team -- Baghdad-based cameraman Salem Ureibi and a Falluja-based freelance cameraman and driver -- appeared shaken and exhausted after their three-day detention.

They were held near Falluja, west of Baghdad, on Friday close to where a U.S. Kiowa helicopter had earlier been shot down. One pilot was killed and the other was wounded in the crash.

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