As deadline passes, Iraqi official thinks Jill Carroll is alive
Dan Murphy
Christian Science Monitor
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Baghdad (Iraq):
A deadline set by the captors of reporter Jill Carroll came and went on Sunday with no definitive news on her situation.
But Iraq's interior minister, in conversations with the US ambassador and in an interview with ABC television, says he thinks Ms. Carroll is alive and will be recovered safely. Interior Minister Bayan Jabr told ABC that his ministry knows who arranged Ms. Carroll's abduction.
"We know his name and address, and we are following up on him as well as the Americans," he said. "I think she is still alive."Jabr said in his ABC interview that his ministry does not know where Carroll is and that she may have recently been moved.
His comments contradict an earlier interview US Ambassador Zalmay Khalilzad gave to Fox News saying that the Interior Ministry may "have information with regard to where she might be held."On Saturday night, Iraqi forces said they raided homes looking for Carroll but without results. Wide-ranging efforts - by US and Iraqi officials, as well as local media - to secure her release continue.
feb 28, 2006
Dan Murphy
Christian Science Monitor
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Baghdad (Iraq):
A deadline set by the captors of reporter Jill Carroll came and went on Sunday with no definitive news on her situation.
But Iraq's interior minister, in conversations with the US ambassador and in an interview with ABC television, says he thinks Ms. Carroll is alive and will be recovered safely. Interior Minister Bayan Jabr told ABC that his ministry knows who arranged Ms. Carroll's abduction.
"We know his name and address, and we are following up on him as well as the Americans," he said. "I think she is still alive."Jabr said in his ABC interview that his ministry does not know where Carroll is and that she may have recently been moved.
His comments contradict an earlier interview US Ambassador Zalmay Khalilzad gave to Fox News saying that the Interior Ministry may "have information with regard to where she might be held."On Saturday night, Iraqi forces said they raided homes looking for Carroll but without results. Wide-ranging efforts - by US and Iraqi officials, as well as local media - to secure her release continue.
feb 28, 2006
