Paper: Abducted journalist Carroll freed

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Paper: Abducted journalist Carroll freed

cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/03/30/carroll/index.html

Thursday, March 30, 2006; Posted: 6:40 a.m. EST (11:40 GMT)

WASHINGTON (CNN) – American hostage Jill Carroll, the freelance journalist who was kidnapped in Baghdad January 7, has been released, The Christian Science Monitor said Thursday.

News of the release came a day after her sister Katie Carroll publicly pleaded for her captors to let her go.

She expressed hope that those holding the 28-year-old “have come to know her; that they recognize what a wonderful person she is and realize they could show the world they are merciful to an innocent woman by returning her home to us.” (Watch Carroll’s sister plead for her freedom – 1:48)

cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/01/09/iraq.main/index.html

The driver escaped the abduction unharmed. The interpreter, Allan Enwiyah, 32, was found dead nearby, shot twice in the head, the newspaper said, citing law enforcement officials.
 
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Fitz:
This is just wonderful news. Praise God.
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Yes, I just heard about it on news 👍
 
Why on earth was she still wearing the head scarf in interviews? That thing would be off my head as soon as humanly possible…
 
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RPConover:
Why on earth was she still wearing the head scarf in interviews? That thing would be off my head as soon as humanly possible…
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I also find it interesting, and sad, that some media are making a big deal of the fact that they didn’t hurt her, that they generally treated her well, etc. Someone should nudge them and say that doesn’t change the fact that 1) they abducted her, 2) held her hostage for 3 months, and 3) killed the man with her when they abducted her.

They may not have hurt her, but these are dangerous, evil men.

Thank God she survived–she is very fortunate.
 
I think that she may be so indoctrinated with sympathy for her oppressors that she is not deprogramed yet. Give her time. If the whole ordeal was legitimate (some are wondering), then she is still traumatized. Don’t forget she is a pacifist and generally unsympathetic to her own country of origin. I am still thrilled she is free.
 
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Fitz:
I think that she may be so indoctrinated with sympathy for her oppressors that she is not deprogramed yet. Give her time. If the whole ordeal was legitimate (some are wondering), then she is still traumatized. Don’t forget she is a pacifist and generally unsympathetic to her own country of origin. I am still thrilled she is free.
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I disagree with some of her philosophy, but i am very glad she is free and unharmed (physically anyway, i’m sure she psychologically is very harmed).

She may have Stockholm Syndrome. I can understand her misguided sympathy to her abductors–may be part of her survival instinct. I still don’t like how some media are saying she was treated well. Not hurt maybe. Released, yes. Treated well–not a chance.

Thank God she is free though. Amen to that.
 
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Released, yes. Treated well–not a chance.

Thank God she is free though. Amen to that.
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I totally agree, and she may never fess up to us what really happened. If that is so, I pray she doesn’t write bogus articles. That I would not be happy about. Then she would be like CNN when Saddam was in power.
 
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RPConover:
Why on earth was she still wearing the head scarf in interviews? That thing would be off my head as soon as humanly possible…
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Ms. Carroll was dropped off in a Sunni Arab enclave in western Baghdad at midday and walked into the nearby offices of the Iraqi Islamic Party, an Islamist political group, dressed in the traditional regional garb of a light green Islamic head scarf and gray dress. Like many Western female journalists, Ms. Carroll often wore Islamic clothing when she left her bureau in order to conceal her identity and try to blend in.
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In an interview conducted there and shown on a station owned by the Iraqi Islamic Party… Source
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So she apparently still had the scarf on from walking in the street, and it was probably the appropriate thing to wear on a conservative Sunni TV station.
 
Possibly further explaining the scarf:
She was told the interview was for internal party uses only, and didn’t realize it would be broadcast.
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That source, the Christian Science Monitor, which Carroll freelanced for, has a lot more detail about the overall story.
 
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