Hurrrrrrray!!!!
 

Jill Carroll a journalist for the Christian Science Monitor who was kidnapped on 7 January 2006 in Iraq was released by her kidnappers last night. Although there was numerous death threats,she states that she was never abused by her captors.

Oh man...Great news!

lakritze,

Yes! :) Good news indeed!

Awesome!

She is a very very very very very lucky girl.

That is good news.

Two Canadians & a Brit were freed last week, too. It wasn't the hostages releasing them, it was the tactical forces finding them. Was it a different scenario for Ms. Carroll?

Yes, it was, Steph. She was released by her captors. They took her by car and dropped her off somewhere. No military involved as far as we've been told.

Thanks for the update, SS.

Sadly, an American was killed a couple of months ago but the forces managed to save the remaining three.

I'm thinking it's uncommon to see Iraqis freeing hostages?

Yes, it is uncommon. But apparently Ms. Carroll has successfully blended in to the Iraqi culture and many of the Muslim clerics, as well as all the obvious others such as her family, and various Western governments and religious leaders were all speaking out on her behalf. It seems to have worked.

"Stockholm Syndrome"(sp?)My Opinion! Irish

The fact that she has assimilated into the Iraqi culture in order to better do her job as a reporter has nothing at all to do with the "Stockholm Syndrome."

Your opinion-my opinion! Irish

It's great - I wonder though why she refused the free ride home from our military folks