Carroll Says Captors Treated Her Well

yahoo ^ | 03 30 06

[InvisibleChurch]

Carroll Says Captors Treated Her Well By MARIAM FAM, Associated Press Writer 21 minutes ago

American reporter Jill Carroll was set free Thursday, nearly three months after she was kidnapped in an ambush that killed her translator, and said she had been treated well.

Carroll apparently was left in the street near the Iraqi Islamic Party offices. She walked inside, and people there called American officials.

"I was treated well, but I don't know why I was kidnapped," Carroll said in a brief interview on Baghdad television.

Even though the group threatened twice in videotapes to kill her, Carroll said, "They never hit me. They never said they would hit me."

During the interview, Carroll wore a light green Islamic headscarf and a gray Arabic robe.

"I'm just happy to be free. I want to be with my family," she was heard to say under the Arabic voiceover.

Carroll said she was kept in a room with a window and a shower, but she did not know where she was. Asked about the circumstances of her release, she said, "They just came to me and said we're going. They didn't tell me what was going on."

In Berlin, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said she was "pleased" by the news of Carroll's release.

[InvisibleChurch]

I wonder if their new MO is to kidnap for the sake of treating well and then releasing, so the world media will speak ill of the war effort?

[7thson]

She is still clueless.

[mlc9852]

Let's not forget they killed her interpreter. Yet I suppose she will still defend her captors. Nutjob, IMHO!

[SheLion]

Carroll Says Captors Treated Her Well

I'm confused.  Why is she wearing that get up?  Is she Muslim???  We saw her once without anything on her head.  Now she is wearing that get up.

Anyone know what gives?

I'm thankful she made is out safe, but often wondered if they didn't turn her over to their side.

[jimbo123]

They put 2 bullets in the head of Jill's translator...

[rabidralph]

She wears it so she will look like a local and thus, not draw any undue attention to herself, in case there are kidnappers and terrorists about :-)

[YOUGOTIT]

I do not believe her and that she was kidnapped.

[conservativehusker]

I will always believe this to be a set up situation...I think she was in on it and I said at the time if she was released unharmed she was part of the setup....now I will prepare to hear how she wouldn't have been in the situation to begin with if the US hadn't invaded and OCCUPIED the poor little Iraq's...

Does anyone else wonder why no other American Woman "Journalists" are kidnapped??? -- Just this one who has been an apologist for the terrorists from the beginning..and foreign females from liberal papers????

[zerosix]

She failed to draw attention to the "treatment" her Iraqi translator got, however. The translator was murdered in order to kidnap her, just to "treat her well."

What a load of cr$%!

[Hillarys Gate Cult]

If she keeps this up, people will sign up for vacations with the terrorists.

[usmcobra]

"I was treated well, but I don't know why I was kidnapped,"

Then you shouldn't be a reporter for even the local Penny saver, much less in Iraq.

[xrp]

How is being held against your will "treated well"?

[Publius6961]

Man what a disappointment!
I was looking forward to the next "This is really the final final last warning". Release all women prisoners blah blah blah.

And I was hoping Cindy Sheehan would volunter next to be a hostage...

If we can't rely on Muslim Mass Murdering kidnappers, who can we rely on?

[bnelson44]

It is pretty obvious they kidnapped her for money.

[Baynative]

"I do not believe her and that she was kidnapped."

Count me in!

[nina0113]

I was treated well...

Except, of course, for the kidnapping and death threats.

[Publius6961]

I'm thankful she made is out safe, but often wondered if they didn't turn her over to their side.

????????

Clearly, she "volunteered" to be taken hostage. Moonbat psychology...
Those fanatics think nothing of killing one of their own for "effect".

[kittymyrib]

After reading her anti-US writings, they knew she was a terrorist friend...as are most US msm reps in Iraq. I'm surprised she didn't get an offer from Al Jeezera to join their staff. I hear they're hiring CNN people.

[LZ_Bayonet]

Maybe the translator was not supposed to be killed?

[Publius6961]

"How is being held against your will "treated well"?"

Would you be interested in buying a bridge that generates steady income?

[Publius6961]

"Except, of course, for the kidnapping and death threats."

You forgot the loud yelling and panties on her head...

[nina0113]

Would you be interested in buying a bridge that generates steady income?

Is there actually a river under this bridge, and a road on both sides, or is it just a virtual bridge (perhaps a Wheatstone)?

[JHL]

Classic case of Stockholm Syndrome, imo.

[Baynative]

I wonder how she feels knowing a young father is dead and his son is an orphan thanks to her compassion for the freedom fighters.

[massgopguy]

I think she caught Stockholm Syndrome two years ago.

[Jeff Head]

"They treated me well."

Right after they shot her interpreter to death.

[in hoc signo vinces]

She was a nutjob look before Stockholm syndrome could come into play.

Glad she is free...but the whole situation smells funny.

[bondjamesbond]

They treated her well, but her translator is dead. Since he was just a local, I guess his death is a matter of no great importance.

[Jeff Head]

Given some of her views, I'm afraid she went over the fence a good time before she was taken...and her captors knew this and at the very best, took abject advantage of it. At the very worst, she was a willing participant. I pray that is not the case.

[hellinahandcart]

If she was "treated well", why was she crying in terror on camera as if they were going to kill her at any second?

Either she was in real fear for her life (which does not translate to being "treated well"), or she was acting. It's one or the other.

[oyez]

Why is she still wearing that Islamic get-up? If I were freed, the first thing I would do would find some presentable clothing.

[bondjamesbond]

Is there actually a river under this bridge, and a road on both sides, or is it just a virtual bridge (perhaps a Wheatstone)?

I don't own the Bronx/Whitestone. How about the Throggs Neck?

[Congressman Billybob]

Precisely. The ignorance of the press, she IS a reporter, continues unabated. Kidnapping someone, threatening to murder her, and murdering her companion, are not the marks of "good treatment." They are the marks of savages.

If a reporter who was IN this very situation cannot tell the truth about her captors, there's little hope for American press coverage of the war to be anything but continued dishonesty which deceives the American people.

It makes no difference whether the reporters intend to be dishonest, or are merely clueless. The effects back home are the same.

Congressman Billybob

Latest article: "Death of a Hornet, and a Civilization"

[RexBeach]

If she works for The Christian Science Monitor she is a Christian Scientist. It's a rule they have for their reporters.

[Shomer]

She failed to draw attention to the "treatment" her Iraqi translator got, however. The translator was murdered in order to kidnap her, just to "treat her well."

And this murder/kidnapping was conducted by a culture that will find any reason under heaven to rape women.

Stockholm Syndrome

[Publius6961]

Is there actually a river under this bridge, and a road on both sides, or is it just a virtual bridge (perhaps a Wheatstone)?

Ahhh.
An electrically-bent comedian!
How droll and refreshing.

[bondjamesbond]

After Sgrena and Osthoff, I am getting pretty sceptical about these "kidnappings". They begin to look more and more like willing arrangements, IMHO.

[buoybob]

I thought the same thing. Seems she has gotten quite attached to that rag on her head. When does the book come out and when is the movie?

[chesley]

Does anyone else wonder why no other American Woman "Journalists" are kidnapped??? -- Just this one who has been an apologist for the terrorists from the beginning..and foreign females from liberal papers????

Well, you could be right. An alternate explanation, that I personally think is more likely, is that liberal females are the only ones that don't have the brains to take some precautions against being kidnapped.

[AmericaUnite]

Wasn't there one video of her crying?

[buck61]

No surprise here!

[tanknetter]

I wonder if their new MO is to kidnap for the sake of treating well and then releasing, so the world media will speak ill of the war effort?

Yup ... they probably learned a thing or two when that last group of three hostages was rescued, and then not only blasted the war, but also pointedly refused to thank their rescuers.

[buck61]

Which she would later divide with them.

[BallyBill]

They didn't even threaten to hit her? Funny, I thought they threatened to KILL HER!!

[auto power]

Stockholm syndrome perhaps??....

[annieokie]

And it looks to be of very FINE cloth, did you notice how well it is made. I did not believe from the beginning she was kidnapped, but part of the scheme to extort money.

She is in a safe situation now being interviewed by our press, take that garb off NOW.

[Jeff Head]

An absolute and unequivocal AMEN to that CBB.

[jaykay]

If she was "treated well", why was she crying in terror on camera as if they were going to kill her at any second?

Either she was in real fear for her life (which does not translate to being "treated well"), or she was acting. It's one or the other.

She was making this statement to an Arab TV station in the office of a Sunni political party. It's not as if she was in the US embassy and safe. I'm waiting to hear what she says when she's in US custody. Unfortunately, because of all of the hostage scams, if one is kidnapped in Iraq they must end up beheaded or rescued by the military or they are suspects until proven not guilty.

[anglian]

She was helping tell the story of how bad it was for Iraqi because of those "evil occupiers". They could not have pic a worse target. She should have gone during Saddam's reign.

[Redleg Duke]

Stockholm syndrome.