Missing journalists in Jordan
The two journalists from Newsday, the New York newspaper, who went missing from a Baghdad hotel a week ago are safe and well and in Jordan, the paper said yesterday.
The freelance American photographer, Molly Bingham, who had also been reported missing, is also safe and in Jordan, it was reported.
Matthew McAllester, 33, a British citizen who now lives in the US and photographer Moises Saman, 29, who was born in Lima, Peru but grew up in Barcelona, crossed the border into Jordan yesterday, according to a statement issued by the newspaper. Both were said to be in good health.
McAllester, UN bureau chief for the paper and its former Middle East bureau chief, telephoned the Newsday foreign editor, Dele Olojede, to say he and Saman had both been released by Iraqi authorities.
The freelance American photographer, Molly Bingham, who had also been reported missing, is also safe and in Jordan, it was reported.
Matthew McAllester, 33, a British citizen who now lives in the US and photographer Moises Saman, 29, who was born in Lima, Peru but grew up in Barcelona, crossed the border into Jordan yesterday, according to a statement issued by the newspaper. Both were said to be in good health.
McAllester, UN bureau chief for the paper and its former Middle East bureau chief, telephoned the Newsday foreign editor, Dele Olojede, to say he and Saman had both been released by Iraqi authorities.
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