Three Romanian journalists kidnapped in Iraq were expected to return home Monday afternoon, a day after their release. Television reporter Marie Jeanne Ion and cameraman Sorin Miscoci, both of Prima TV, and Ovidiu Ohanesian, a reporter from the daily Romania Libera, were captured in Baghdad on March 28 with their guide, American-Iraqi Mohammed Monaf. The four were freed on Sunday. The three Romanians were to be flown to a military airbase outside Bucharest on Monday and were not expected to speak to the press after their arrival. Monaf, who is married to a Romanian, has been transferred to U.S. custody, the Romanian president's office said in a statement, which was circulated by The Associated Press. "I was waiting for him ... He was taken (into custody) by the Americans. This is the procedure. Let's hope we see him soon," said Monaf's wife, Georget, in an interview with television news channel N 24.
