She's an anti-American "useful dupe"...maybe even a Muslim convert. For
some reason (!) the mainstream media is not publishing her anti-American
remarks, but the Islamic media and internet is trumpeting it.
Bruce
1. Is she a convert?
2. Is she a collaborator?
3. Note CAIR's graciously claiming credit.
D
Reaction to reporter Carroll's release
Thursday, March 30, 2006 Posted: 1810 GMT (0210 HKT)
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U.S. journalist Jill Carroll appears in an interview Thursday on Iraqi
television shortly after her release.
(CNN) -- The release Thursday of American journalist Jill Carroll nearly
three months after her kidnapping in Baghdad elicited joy from family,
friends and officials as well as expressions of hope for the release of
other hostages in Iraq:
Jim Carroll, the reporter's father, said he was asleep when the telephone
rang about 6 a.m. The voice on the other end of the line said simply, "Hi,
Dad. This is Jill. I'm released." (
<javascript:cnnVideo('play','/video/us/2006/03/30/sot.carroll.family.stateme
nt.wcvb','2006/04/06');> Watch a spokesman express the family's feelings --
1:15)
Mary Beth Carroll, Jill's mother, said in a statement read by her brother,
Peter Alonzi, in Evanston, Illinois: "My wish is that this joyous occasion
will offer hope to all the mothers of Iraq whose children have been
kidnapped. ... May they all be returned safely and quickly to their mothers'
arms."
Richard Bergenheim, editor of The Christian Science Monitor, the paper for
which Carroll freelanced, said, "Often more than 30 Iraqis a day are
kidnapped, and the world does not hear their voices or that of their
families. ... I can't help but reflect on the conditions in which other
captives have been held, which have been very grim."
Tariq al-Hashimi, secretary-general of the Iraqi Islamic Party, was seen on
a videotape offering Carroll presents, including the Quran: "I extend my
congratulations to you, your family, to the American people for your safety
and I'm very pleased you are with us today."
President Bush said, "Thank God. ... I'm just really grateful she was
released, and I want to thank those who worked hard to release her, and
we're glad she's alive."
U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice hailed the release, expressing "the
great delight and the great relief of the United States." (
<javascript:cnnVideo('play','/video/politics/2006/03/30/sot.bush.rice.carrol
l.reax.ap','2006/04/06');> Watch the president and Rice react to Carroll's
release -- 1:27)
Zalmay Khalilzad, U.S. ambassador to Iraq, said Carroll "is safe, she is
free, and she appears in good health and in great spirits. ... We're going
to work as hard as we can to help her get home as soon as possible."
The Christian Science board of directors said in a statement: "We're deeply
thankful for the monumental labors that went on in agencies and offices of
the United States government, within the government of Iraq, and among
individuals in Iraq and worldwide. To everyone who offered private and
published messages of support along the way, you have our heartfelt thanks."
Micah Garen, former captive in Iraq, said: "Jill is a wonderful person, and
she showed so much compassion to Iraq. ... She's been released unharmed. I
think everybody can celebrate this."
Jackie Spinner, a Washington Post reporter who covered Iraq, said of
Carroll: "This is a woman of tremendous courage. Obviously she did something
right to get herself out of the situation, starting from the fair reporting
that she did during her many months in Iraq."
Ann Cooper, executive director of the Committee to Protect Journalists,
said: "We are overjoyed that this ordeal has finally ended and that Jill
Carroll has been returned safely. We continue to call for the release of
other remaining captives in Iraq, and we urge armed groups to stop targeting
innocent civilians."
Reporters Without Borders said: "We thank all those throughout the world,
particularly the major Arabic media, who campaigned for the release of this
young journalist. ... Our campaign will not be over until the three Iraqi
reporters, Rim Zeid, Marwan Khazaal and Ali Abdullah Fayad, have been
released in their turn."
Ibrahim Hooper, spokesman for the Council on American-Islamic Relations,
said that the group welcomes Carroll's release as "a positive development
and we hope it leads to the release of all hostages currently held in Iraq.
... We hope that we had at least some small part in winning her release and
convincing the kidnappers their actions were counterproductive to the
interests of the people of Iraq."
Richard Kolko, FBI spokesman, said, "We are obviously pleased that Jill
Carroll has been released. Many U.S. government agencies and the FBI worked
diligently behind the scenes on the Jill Carroll kidnapping case. The FBI's
Office for Victim Assistance will now work to reunite Jill with her family."
CNN's Susan Garraty and Jason Carroll contributed to this report.
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