Posted on 03/31/2006 10:31:44 AM PST by Sub-Driver
Freed US hostage says Iraq insurgents 'will win:' video
18 minutes ago
US authorities guarded freed hostage Jill Carroll in Iraq after insurgents released her from nearly three months of captivity and published a video showing her praising them.
US officials declined to say when the 28-year-old freelance journalist would go home to the United States, but a top Sunni leader at whose office Carroll showed up on Thursday said she could arrive "anytime in the US."
Video footage posted on the Internet late Thursday showed Carroll in an interview with her kidnappers before her release in which she praised Iraq's insurgents and even predicted their victory over the coalition forces.
The circumstances under which she spoke were unclear.
"I think the mujahedeen are very smart and even with all the technology and all the people that the American army has here, they still are better at knowing how to live and work here, more clever," Carroll said in response to a question from one of her kidnappers.
Asked what she meant, Carroll, who was snatched from a Baghdad street on January 7, answered: "It makes very clear that the mujahedeen are the ones that will win in the end."
The video showed her dressed in the same baggy clothes she was seen wearing after her release.
Carroll also said she felt guilty being set free while many women remained imprisoned at Baghdad's US-run Abu Ghraib prison.
"It shows the difference between the mujahedeen and the Americans, it shows the mujahedeen are good people fighting an honorable fight while the Americans are here as an occupying force treating the people in a very bad way."
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Oh, man.
She's a plant.
I hope she doesn't eventually regret all the nonsense she is spouting.
I wish she would just shut up for a while.
Send her back to Iraq along with the other Anti Americans who the military rescued.
A Rachel Corrie klone.
Sheesh, give her back to them.
reminds me of a rachel corrie type.
Send her with these:
The British military announced today that they had air-dropped former hostages Norman Kembler, James Loony and Harmeet Singh Sooden into the Iraqi desert, just a week after their rescue from a house west of Baghdad. The men had been held by insurgents for four months.
Since their release, the three men, all from a Christian Peacemaker team, have spoken with deep admiration and respect for their captors, while not offering any degree of gratitiude to the British commandos who risked their lives to save them.
“We realize now that we made a huge mistake,” said Captain Ian Coates of the British Army, “and it was time to return these men to the people they love and respect."
Coates wistfully related the story of how the former hostages were told of the decision to reunite them with their brethren in Iraq.
"To keep it a surprise, we used our commandos to gather the men in the middle of the night," he said. "They were so surprised and excited that we needed to duct tape their mouths and tie them up. But there was no doubt that they were overjoyed to be returning to Iraq. Their eyes were as big as saucers, and Kembler even wet his jammies in excitement!"
The men were whisked by military jet back to a British Military base in Kuwait, and flown by helicopter into Iraq at dawn. Captain Coates struggled to keep his composure as he described the reunion.
“The air drop was a remarkable moment, something I was honored to see,” he said. “The men were writhing around, screaming and crying with joy. There wasn’t a dry eye in the helicopter as we rolled them out.”
The British Military was concerned that the men would not be picked up quickly, leaving them to wander in the dessert. So each man was given a bright red parachute emblazoned with one of the famed Danish Mohammed cartoons.
“The cartoons really did the trick,” said Captain Coates. “As they drifted downward, you could see the insurgents gathering to welcome them. Some had even set fires to help guide them as they landed. We could hear the chants of welcome even over the whir of the rotors. Did you ever see Born Free? It was like that, but better.”
Coates would not comment on reports that the three men were all wearing “Jesus Rules, Mohammed Drools” T-Shirts.
another Patty Hearst?
Ack ack ack!!!!
Let's quit rescuing these ingrates and refocus on Scott Speicher and Matt Maupin. Good grief.
Definately shades of Patty....
Just to be clear, this video was made when she was a captive and under a certain amount of coercion. Even US military are instructed to say what they have to say to preserve their health and safety. I'll wait to see what she has to say when she's back in the US before making a final judgment.
Exactly what I was telling hubby last night.
I think if I was a captive, I'd pretty much say whatever they wanted to hear.
Second, I don't know much about her but the pictures of her in Moslem garb made me question her whole schtick. Also, her interview after her release, describing how wonderfully she was treated, including that she was never threatened.
Then I saw a quote today that they threatened her before they released her.
Yes she does but not near as thin!
She made these comments while she was still being held. She may have had a gun pointed at her.
I think so too. I suspect that may well be true of any of the hostages that get released instead of decapitated.
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