Abu Uthman suspected of masterminding Jill Carroll 's 2006 kidnapping . The case was reopened in 2011 after the release of a book by journalist and author Peter Beaumont which claimed that police had been complicit with her abductors during their investigation. `` The capture of Abu Tiba and Abu Uthman eliminates two of the few remaining experienced leaders in the AQI Carroll , a U.S. journalist , was abducted in 2006 but released unharmed weeks later .
Abu Uthman suspected of masterminding Jill Carroll 's 2006 kidnapping . The case was reopened in 2011 after the release of a book by journalist and author Peter Beaumont which claimed that police had been complicit with her abductors during their investigation. Carroll , a U.S. journalist , was abducted in 2006 but released unharmed weeks later .