Marie Jeanne Ion, Sorin Dumitru Miscoci and Ovidiu Ohanesian, as well as their Iraqi-American translator, Mohammed Monaf, were abducted after interviewing Iraq's interim prime minister at the time, Iyad Allawi, and others.
Marie Jeanne Ion, Sorin Dumitru Miscoci i Ovidiu Ohanesian, kao i njihov iransko-američki prevoditelj Mohammed Monaf oteti su nakon intervjua s tadašnjim privremenim premijerom Iraka Iyadom Allawiem i drugima.