Jill Carroll — Speaking Freely »

By Jim Lynch on Apr 1, 2006 in Iraq, People | 3 Comments

Jill Carroll, the freelance journalist held in Iraq for three months, has made a statement from Ramstein Air Base in Germany. Today’s statement is a complete reversal of the things she said immediately following her release — with good reason.
Protected by the U.S. military and far from the country where she had been held hostage, [...]

BREAKING NEWS — Jill Carroll Released »

By Jim Lynch on Mar 30, 2006 in Iraq, People | 4 Comments

UPDATE II: Dr. Rusty Shackleford at The Jawa Report has a greatly detailed post on Carroll’s release.
AP is reporting:
Christian Science Monitor reporter Jill Carroll has been freed in Iraq and is healthy, a Monitor editor said Thurday.
“She was released this morning, she’s talked to her father and she’s fine,” said David Cook, a monitor editor [...]