UPDATE April 2nd 2026: “ Shelly Renee Kittleson,  the American journalist that was kidnapped, was warned multiple times by the FBI as recently as the day before it happened. She was playing with fire. They specifically warned her that she was a target of potential Iranian linked violence and they likely knew she was a kidnapping hostage target,” an FBI official told NewsNation with direct knowledge. The State Department also warned Kittleson of threats against her, including as late as the night prior to her kidnapping, a U.S. official told NewsNation’s Libbey Dean . U.S. and Iraqi officials said American Journalist Shelly Renee Kittleson had also been warned of threats against her in the days before her abduction. “She was contacted multiple times with warnings of the threats against her,” including as late as the night before the kidnapping. Kittleson entered Baghdad a few days before she was kidnapped and was staying in a hotel in the capital. U.S. officials have alleged that...