welcome to maerks news headquarters an american citizen has been freed from captivity in iraq. the man says he's a former u.s. soldier who traveled to iraq as a civilian and was captured in june. followers of a cleric says say he's denouncing the man's release. the syrian government is blaming the opposition for twin suicide car bombing that's killed dozens of people in damascus saturday. 27 people reported dead and another 140 are hurt. u.s. officials say it's likely the work of al yaed but the opposition group denies involvement. now, back to "justice with judge janine".