Jill Carroll: "I'm fine, and I'm free"
Seattle Times
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Baghdad (Iraq):
Jill Carroll's nearly three months of captivity ended around 12:20 p.m. Thursday when the 28-year-old journalist walked into an Iraqi Islamic Party office in western Baghdad and handed the front-desk clerk a note asking for help.
"She looked to me as if she was happy but afraid at the same time," said one party official, who asked that his name not be published. "All that I understood from her was that she wanted to go to her family."
The kidnapped American, a freelancer for The Christian Science Monitor, had been snatched just a few miles away on Jan. 7 while leaving a Sunni politician's office. Her captors killed her translator, Alan Enwiyah, 32.Her whereabouts had been unknown until a car dropped her off in front of the party's office, guards at the building said.
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See Also:
The Christian Science Monitor Report
Carroll 'praised' insurgents
Freed US journalist says she was treated well
The Jill Carroll is free mystery
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In an interview broadcast on the television channel of the Iraqi Islamic Party, the country's main Sunni Arab political organization, Carroll said she was treated well during her 82 days of captivity.
Still wearing a hijab, which covered her hair, Carroll said she was fed well and allowed to go to the bathroom by herself. She said she didn't know what led to her release, including whether a ransom had been paid.On The Christian Science Monitor Web site, Editor Richard Bergenheim said no ransom had been paid.
Carroll's arrival at the Iraqi Islamic Party office on Thursday initially caused confusion. The note, written in Arabic, said that she was a hostage and asked officials there to deliver her to her country, employees at the office said.However, the employees said Carroll looked like an Iraqi, perhaps an employee of the party's women's section.
The front-desk clerk went to the office manager and said a woman wanted to talk to him. "I'm too busy," replied the office manager, who wanted to be referred to only by the nickname Abu Hassan. He got up only at the clerk's insistence.After he read the note, Abu Hassan said, Carroll took off the khamar, revealing her face.
Seattle Times
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Baghdad (Iraq):
Jill Carroll's nearly three months of captivity ended around 12:20 p.m. Thursday when the 28-year-old journalist walked into an Iraqi Islamic Party office in western Baghdad and handed the front-desk clerk a note asking for help.
"She looked to me as if she was happy but afraid at the same time," said one party official, who asked that his name not be published. "All that I understood from her was that she wanted to go to her family."
The kidnapped American, a freelancer for The Christian Science Monitor, had been snatched just a few miles away on Jan. 7 while leaving a Sunni politician's office. Her captors killed her translator, Alan Enwiyah, 32.Her whereabouts had been unknown until a car dropped her off in front of the party's office, guards at the building said.
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See Also:
The Christian Science Monitor Report
Carroll 'praised' insurgents
Freed US journalist says she was treated well
The Jill Carroll is free mystery
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In an interview broadcast on the television channel of the Iraqi Islamic Party, the country's main Sunni Arab political organization, Carroll said she was treated well during her 82 days of captivity.
Still wearing a hijab, which covered her hair, Carroll said she was fed well and allowed to go to the bathroom by herself. She said she didn't know what led to her release, including whether a ransom had been paid.On The Christian Science Monitor Web site, Editor Richard Bergenheim said no ransom had been paid.
Carroll's arrival at the Iraqi Islamic Party office on Thursday initially caused confusion. The note, written in Arabic, said that she was a hostage and asked officials there to deliver her to her country, employees at the office said.However, the employees said Carroll looked like an Iraqi, perhaps an employee of the party's women's section.
The front-desk clerk went to the office manager and said a woman wanted to talk to him. "I'm too busy," replied the office manager, who wanted to be referred to only by the nickname Abu Hassan. He got up only at the clerk's insistence.After he read the note, Abu Hassan said, Carroll took off the khamar, revealing her face.
