Stephen Farrell, a reporter for The New York Times. is shown in Iraq  on July 16, 2007. Commandos freed the New York Times reporter Wednesday  Sept. 9, 2009, after he was kidnapped by militants in northern Afghanistan last week, the paper said. MANDATORY CREDIT: Marko Georgiev for The New York Times. AP Photo logo AP Photo 2 months ago

Stephen Farrell, a reporter for The New York Times. is shown in Iraq on July 16, 2007. Commandos freed the New York Times reporter Wednesday Sept. 9, 2009, after he was kidnapped by militants in northern Afghanistan last week, the paper said. MANDATORY CREDIT: Marko Georgiev for The New York Times.