Rory Carroll

Rory Carroll

Rory Carroll is an Irish journalist for "The Guardian". Born in Dublin, Carroll is a graduate of Blackrock College, Trinity College and Dublin City University. He reported for the paper from Rome (1999 - 2002) and Johannesburg (2002 - 2005), before volunteering to work in Baghdad from January 2005.

Abduction and release

On October 19, 2005 he was abducted after carrying out an interview with a victim of Saddam Hussein's regime. The interview had been arranged with the assistance of the Baghdad office of Moqtada al-Sadr.

Carroll was released unharmed by his captors on 20 October.

He is now based in The Guardian's Caracas bureau.

External links

* [http://www.guardian.co.uk/Iraq/Story/0,2763,1596080,00.html "Guardian journalist abducted in Baghdad"] from "The Guardian".
* [http://www.rte.ie/news/2005/1020/carrollr.html News of Carroll release] from RTÉ.


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