Thursday, March 30, 2006

Iraq - Jill Carroll released


Jill Carroll - released
In a rare piece of good news from Iraq, Jill Carroll, the Christian Science Monitor journalist who was kidnapped on the 7th January, was today released. At around midday Thursday she walked into the offices of the Iraqi Islamic Party in Baghdad, clutching a note written in Arabic. She looked fit and well according to witnesses. Reuters reported that she had been well treated by her captors, "They gave me clothing, plenty of food. I was allowed to take showers, go to the bathroom when I wanted," Carroll said [BBC]. Posted by Picasa

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