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Groups Work Feverishly to Save Reporter Jill Carroll

By Jeralyn, Section War In Iraq
Posted on Wed Jan 18, 2006 at 11:37:20 PM EST
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With a 72 hour death threat hanging over her head, the Christian Science Monitor and the Council on American-Islamic Relations are stepping into overdrive to save kidnapped American reporter Jill Caroll.

The U.S. and coalition forces are holding 8 female Iraqi prisoners. The kidnappers have demanded their release. The Iraq Ministry of Justice says it will release six of them early in an action it says is unrelated to Ms. Carroll. Will it be enough?

I think Ms. Carroll will be saved. Here's a commercial-free link to the video of Ms. Carroll that appeared on al-jazeera tv.

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    • Groups Work Feverishly to Save Reporter Jill Carroll | 4 comments (4 topical)
    Re: Groups Work Feverishly to Save Reporter Jill C (none / 0) (#1)
    by desertswine on Thu Jan 19, 2006 at 07:25:24 AM EST
    I think Ms. Carroll will be saved.
    I hope that you're right.

    Re: Groups Work Feverishly to Save Reporter Jill C (none / 0) (#2)
    by kdog on Thu Jan 19, 2006 at 08:40:18 AM EST
    I agree TL...kidnappers such as this have released female victims in the past. If she were a man, I wouldn't be as hopeful.

    Re: Groups Work Feverishly to Save Reporter Jill C (none / 0) (#3)
    by jimcee on Thu Jan 19, 2006 at 04:15:25 PM EST
    I hope she gets out of there alive, she seems as if she really cares about getting the story straight and helping the Iraqi people. Speaking of kidnappings.... I don't recall any recent stories about the four peace activists who were kidnapped last month. Have they been released and I missed it? Or has it been exposed as a fraud? Why hasn't the media and the group they represented been talking about them. Anyone know?

    Re: Groups Work Feverishly to Save Reporter Jill C (none / 0) (#4)
    by Andreas on Fri Jan 20, 2006 at 09:30:42 AM EST
    The WSWS also condemns the kidnapping of Jill Carroll:
    The American ruling class, which has launched the war and is determined to continue the occupation, has no care or sympathy for the lives of people like Carroll. In the pursuit of the geopolitical interests of American capitalism, they will willingly sacrifice her life as they have the lives of thousands of American soldiers and tens of thousands of Iraqis. The actions of Carroll’s kidnappers must be condemned. They will only serve to work against the development of a genuine international opposition to American imperialism, which has wreaked such devastation on the lives of Iraqis and Americans alike.
    American freelance journalist kidnapped in Iraq By Joe Kay, 20 January 2006

    Groups Work Feverishly to Save Reporter Jill Carroll | 4 comments (4 topical)