Written by: Beck
American hostage in Iraq freed, head still firmly attached to neck.
French-American journalist Micah Garen was released in Nasiriya and was in U.S. hands late Sunday after being kidnapped by insurgents in the southern Iraq city more than a week ago.
Garen, 36, was kidnapped August 13 along with his Iraqi translator, Amir Doshe, in a busy Nasiriya market. Doshe also was released, according to the New York-based Committee to Protect Journalists.
In an interview Sunday on the Arabic-language television network Al-Jazeera, Garen said he had been treated well during his captivity.
A group calling itself the Martyrs Brigade had threatened to kill him within 48 hours if Americans did not leave Najaf.
It would also seem al-Sadr was instrumental in securing Garen's release. Another 2,000 lives saved or so, and Sadr's karma might be close to being back to break-even.