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.
Mari Žan Jon, Sorin Dumitru Miskoci i Ovidiju Ohanesijan, kao i njihov iračko-američki prevodilac Mohamed Monaf, oteti su pošto su intervjuisali tadašnjeg predsednika iračke prelazne vlade Ijada Alavija i druge zvaničnike.