French journalist Florence Aubenas steps out of a French military plane with Serge July (L) the director of her newspaper, Liberation, on arrival at Paris' Villacoublay military airport, June 12, 2005 after her return from Iraq where she had been held hostage for five months. Aubenas, 44, and her driver [Hussein Hanun al-Saadi], who was also released, were snatched after leaving their Baghdad hotel on January 5, 2005.