We'll release kidnapped mystery journalist, the hitch is you can't arrest us.

Negotiations with the kidnappers continue.

The release of a British journalist seized by gunmen in Iraq is being delayed because his kidnappers fear future arrest, according to reports.
...
A Shia group that claims to be negotiating with the kidnappers said they want assurances before freeing their remaining captive.

(I wonder if they want those assurances in dollars or Euros.)
-end-