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March 31, 2006
Cloud-Cuckoo Land: Jill Carroll Praises her Kidnappers
Consider this scenario: you are a young woman about to travel, and you take a cab to the Airport. For whatever reason, the cab driver gets mad at you, and calls you a bitch. He does not, however, point a gun at your head, kidnap you, or make you star in hostage videos. Still, would you thank the driver after-the-fact for his hospitality?
I'd think not, unless you are Jill Carroll: Freed U.S. journalist says she was treated well
American Jill Carroll, who was kidnapped in Iraq three months ago, was set free Thursday. She said she had been treated well by her captors.Carroll, a freelance journalist for The Christian Science Monitor, was reportedly dropped off at the offices of the Iraqi Islamic Party and then turned over to American officials.
In an interview with Baghdad television shortly after her release, Carroll said she didn't know why she had been kidnapped.
"They treated me well. They didn't hit me or threaten me," Carroll, wearing a headscarf, told Baghdad Television in English.
Wait a minute, if she wasn't threatened, how come she said those horrible things about America in the hostage videos? Did she actually mean it? Jill Carrroll will have to answer some tough questions on the days ahead.
Posted by Ruy Diaz at March 31, 2006 8:40 AM
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