Rory Carroll

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

[edit] 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-Maher was released unharmed by his captors on 20 October.

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

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