Posted on 03/30/2006 3:33:00 AM PST by xcamel
Breaking - Jill Carrol released in Iraq - more to come
Before too long,watch for her to speak about how well she was treated and how much she admires them and their cause.
>>Italian News Agency Reports Carroll Released
(Baghdad, Iraq) -- The Italian news agency ANSA is reporting that journalist Jill Carroll has been released by her kidnappers in Iraq. The Ann Arbor native was abducted in January. The people who abducted her threatened to kill Carroll several times in videotapes that were released to Arab television networks.
Aslo reported to be healthy and in good condition.
Whatta surprise... < /sarcasm >
prisoner6
No doubt whatsoever about that - I smell "usefull idiot"... Bigtime.
great news!
Thanks for posting the information and link.
I wonder if she got a nice tan.
Indeed. (May cynicism not turn my heart to stone).
indeed
I saw her twin sister on TV (prior to this news). I smell a rat. Time will tell.
Released, or freed by Eeeeeevil Men With Ugly Killing-Guns?
ping
You cannot help but have your heart turn to stone with all these helpful idiots running loose, afraid to truly be themselves in the face of the enemy, eg. man returning to his "partner"
First they find 3 ungrateful 'peace activists' sitting in an empty, unguarded house. Now jill caroll gets released unscathed after no one decides she is worth the ransom or demands.
Anyone else feel like they are getting punked? I'm starting to wonder if these kidnappings are part of an hoax/extortion scheme.
The Italian hostage was found with some of the money handed to the kidnappers, the story was not very well reported.
Of course, this doesn't explain why they didn't just kill her.
There will be a press conference with a general from Baghdad around 8:00 AM.
She's back from Burkaback Mountain and coming to Mohamad.
It's beginning to be like a bad TV action show.
It is unreal...the press releases, etc.
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Watch, she'll praise the terrorists.
I'm still glad she is released.
Ever since the lady from the Italian commie paper got that security guy killed in that "hostage" scam I've been suspicious of these things as actually being leftist extortion scams.
She will be spouting the same crap the peace activists that were released did. She will say they treated her well and they were kidnappers just in it for the money. They weren't the nice insurgents who are too busy fighting against the evil army of Bush to kidnap innocent people.
So, someone PAID for her?
Nice incentive for terrorists. They'll just want more and more and more $$$ for the next one.
Twin sister?
IF this thing was for real - and that's a big "if" ,
it sure helps not to be a jewish male.
I do recognize this position and it is very hard at times. I just have to remind myself that at times I might not have enough facts to know what the truth is.
I believe it was the Italian company she worked for.
This was the incident where the car refused to slow down at a checkpoint and an Italian agent was shot.
Her father was just interviewed on FNC. He seems like a really nice guy. Sounds like a rebellious daughter.
We can only hope that her eyes have been opened to the truth after this.......however, I am not holding my breath.
Just like the other side we have to start depending more on our "feelings"
Wait, didn't she work for the Christian Science Monitor? I didn't think that was an Italian magazine. Was this some other group that paid for her release?
Looking into my crystal ball, I see a book deal in the near future. Also, she will fall in love with a nice Muslim man, convert (if she hasn't already done so), and have 3 or 4 children. Lastly, she will be a spokesperson for Islam for her local t.v. station.
That is all.
Before too long,watch for her to speak about how well she was treated and how much she admires them and their cause.
if that's the case, the MSM to keep their credibility must stop putting the word "journalist" in front of her name like they have been doing.
That is true I was reffering to the Italian journalist.
Thanks.
Any Evidence to back up that claim?
Okay, what did I miss?
I'm glad she was released and I'm glad for her family.
What has been reported that has made everyone so negative about her? Ya, I know she begged for her life and said less than flattering things while in captivity... That's hardly shocking... When in fear of getting your head cutoff slowly, especially when young, you'll do or say darn near anything to try to avoid it...
I'll reserve judgment until I hear her speak freely.
Thank you.
By MARIAM FAM 14 minutes ago
BAGHDAD, Iraq - Kidnapped U.S. reporter Jill Carroll has been released after nearly three months in captivity,
Iraq police and the leader of the Islamic Party said Thursday. She was reported in good condition.
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Carroll, a freelance reporter for The Christian Science Monitor, was kidnapped on Jan. 7, in Baghdad's western Adil neighborhood while going to interview Sunni Arab politician Adnan al-Dulaimi. Her translator was killed in the attack about 300 yards from al-Dulaimi's office.
"She was released this morning, she's talked to her father and she's fine," said David Cook, Washington bureau chief of The Christian Science Monitor.
Police Lt. Col. Falah al-Mohammedawi said was handed over to the Iraqi Islamic Party office in Amiriya, western Baghdad, by an unknown group. She was later turned over to the Americans and was believed to be in the heavily fortified Green Zone, he said.
Her captors, calling themselves the Revenge Brigades, had demanded the release of all women detainees in Iraq by Feb. 26 and said Carroll would be killed if that didn't happen. The date came and went with no word about her welfare.
The United States Embassy in Baghdad said it could not confirm Carroll's release.
On Feb. 28, Iraq's Interior Minister Bayan Jabr said Carroll was being held by the Islamic Army in Iraq, the insurgent group that freed two French journalists in 2004 after four months in captivity.
Jabr said then that he believed the 28-year-old was still alive, although the deadline set by her captors for the U.S. to meet their demands had expired.
She was last seen in a videotape broadcast Feb. 9 by the private Kuwaiti television station Al-Rai. Her twin sister Katie issued a plea for her release on Al-Arabiya television late Wednesday night.
Carroll went to the Middle East in 2002 after being laid off from a newspaper job. She had long dreamed of covering a war.
In American Journal Review last year, Carroll wrote that she moved to Jordan in late 2002, six months before the war started, "to learn as much about the region as possible before the fighting began."
"There was bound to be plenty of parachute journalism once the war started, and I didn't want to be a part of that," she wrote.
Carroll has had work from Iraq published in the Monitor, AJR, U.S. News & World Report, an Italian news wire and other publications. She has been interviewed often on National Public Radio.
On Wednesday, Carroll's sister said her sister is a "wonderful person" who is an "innocent woman." Katie Carroll read a statement on the Al-Arabiya network, noting that there had been no word from her sister's captors in Iraq in almost two months.
"I've been living a nightmare, worrying if she is hurt or ill," Katie Carroll said, according to a transcript released by the Monitor.
Looking into my crystal ball I see a bunch of Freepers putting the cart before the horse ....lets wait to see how this shakes out..
There will be rejoicing around here. She's an Ann Arbor native. (15 miles west) And her mother retired from teaching at Salem High School in the Plymouth-Canton district last year. (one mile from me) Salem High school has a big rock that gets painted frequently by different groups. I bet it will get painted today!
A 2005 handout photo shows U.S. journalist Jill Carroll in an undated photo. The freed American hostage is in good health and being cared for in Baghdad's Green Zone diplomatic and government compound, a source in Iraq's Interior Ministry said on Thursday. REUTERS/The Carroll Family/Handout
Right...
She had her translator killed in the "fake" attack when she was taken...
On this one, I'm trusting my gut. It has served me well for a looong time, but maybe I should have added IMO at the end.
Gut isn't evidence. I'm with DB...
Agreed.
U.S. Journalist Jill Carroll Freed in Iraq:
BAGHDAD, Iraq — Kidnapped U.S. reporter Jill Carroll has been released after nearly three months in captivity, Iraq police and the leader of the Islamic Party said Thursday. Her editor said she was in good condition.
"She was released this morning, she's talked to her father and she's fine," said David Cook, Washington bureau chief of The Christian Science Monitor.
Carroll was kidnapped on Jan. 7 in Baghdad's western Adil neighborhood while going to interview Sunni Arab politician Adnan al-Dulaimi. Her translator was killed in the attack about 300 yards from al-Dulaimi's office.
Her captors, calling themselves the Revenge Brigades, had demanded the release of all women detainees in Iraq by Feb. 26 and said Carroll would be killed if that didn't happen. The date came and went with no word about her welfare.
The United States Embassy in Baghdad said it could not confirm Carroll's release.
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