1 I don't really care what she said. I'm just glad she's safe and sound.

2 Also I do believe her when she said she was treated well. Woman hostages usually are treated far better than male hostages. Margaret Hassan is the main exception since she was shot to death two years ago.

3 Thank you for not calling her a moonbat Rusty. Carlos loves to call hostages that.

4 I guess we can put to rest Background Noise's theory that Jill Carroll was kidnapped by Interior Ministry Death Squads operating under the auspices of US contractors. I am expecting a full apology from the noise, especially since he also appears to be wrong about the Revenge Brigades not being part of the Islamic Army in Iraq. Great job, Rusty, you deserve to be commended for all your efforts on behalf of all the hostages in Iraq.

5 Thanks guys.

6 You are welcome. Even the Washington Post said that this hostage video was just propaganda crap. I really doubt Jill believes the terrorists will win. If you are surrounded by armed men you will say anything to please them.

7 She wants the American people to understand the mujahidin as they really are, and not the lies they hear in the media about them being terrorists, etc. The mujahidin are only trying to defend their country, etc. President bush needs to stop this war, etc. Wow. Jihadi and moonbat talking points are virtually the same. I'm not sure how much they really had to script her.

8 I read the transcript on ABC news and it sounded VERY stilted and scripted. And full of run-on sentence and garbled grammar an accomplished journalist would not use. But ABC news also reported that a pentagon official said Jill declined an offer of military transport back to the states and refused interviews with American officials. Poor girl sounds confused and maybe a bit paranoid. She was a moderate liberal who had her world rocked and may be a little messed up. Pray for her.

9 Saw the tape itself. The first portion does make me wonder a little since some of the phrasing meshes rather well with things Jill has written and said, particularly about "the common people of Iraq," which was a recurring theme with her. I think her captors tapped into her pre-existing sympathies and twisted them. Like I said before, she might be a bit messed up.

10 I think the only duress she suffered was when she realized what a bunch of unevolved savages muslims really are, and that she wasn't just playing games anymore. You play with fire, you get burned. But then, there is the inevitable million dollar book deal, so maybe she didn't get burned so bad after all. I wonder if she'll give any of the money from the book and/or movie deal to the families of those murdered by her friends?

11 Improbulus, if you are referring to the murder of her translator, Alan Enwiyah, she may not know about that yet. There is not evidence she saw that happen. And if she does know, keep in mind that her captors claimed they weren't the ones who killed him. Probably a lie, but Jill may have needed to believe it.

12 Very interesting. I only watched the first part of the interview as I was gettign nauseated. Part of me question's her motives. However, did anyone else notice that she was using her LEFT to gesture while speaking? If memory serves me correctly, that is considered a major insult, on par with the American finger or the British two finger salute.

13 Sorry, Rusty, but I think we might dealing with Stockholm Syndrome here. Crying in the first video (broken), errily calm in the third video (now empathic), and praising her captors while not cooperating with her own kind by refusing free transport or interviews with officials which could lead to the arrests of her captors. Sounds like the symptoms. But victims of Stockholm Syndrome are just that: Victims. This does not make her a bad person. It just means that her pre-existing liberal worldview and sympathies may have made her more vulnerable to manipulation. For those of you who want to bash her, lay off. I admit some things are suspicuous, but do we really know what she went through yet?

14 I call farce. This is CLEARLY a scripted event right down to the abduction itself to paint her 'captors' as oppressed yet humane 'freedom fighters'. This isn't a kidnapping, it's an Al Jazeera press release.

15 Yes it may be partially scripted, but for the most part it seems like it's her script. It's just what I would do in her place, cuz now she has two groups pulling on each of her arms trying to get her to speak their truth not hers and in the process pull her appart. I mean you genuwine Bushiphytes just have no clue on how right some of her statements are. But we will no doubt find out from her if she is able to stay alive when she gets home. Of course in her case of being a liberal, her death warrant or nuthouse commitment papers have already been signed by Bush. No doubt Bush will have some thugs tailing her to her doorstep to make sure she says the right things or nothing at all. I was in Viet Nam and we're just seeing a repeat of another illegal war on the poor people of the world with rich natural resources. Well this time war is not only not benefitting us but will have us in debt till the middle of this century. So expect to hear this slogan often in the next elections. "Remember it's the Economy Stupid". I think Bush and you idiots have forgot! Psst! Remember how wonderful things were, when Nixon was pulling troops and then all hell broke lose before he was all but impeached! Well looks like the full cycle is repeating itself! And it's another Republican! heehee

16 Jungle Jim, does it hurt to be that stupid? I imagine you must experience some pain every time a rational thought has to wade through the crud that's built up around your synapses and neurons.

17 Hey junglejim, does Bush have people following you around?

18 Jungle Jim, what statements are true? She said she was treated very well. Lie. She was kidnapped for crissake! She was held a prisoner. She had guns pointed at her head and was emotionally abused. She said the mujahideen were not people who like to kill or like violence. Lie. The mujahideen routinely behead, torture or kill not only women, children, reporters, humanitarian care workers and contract workers (all non-combatants) but their own countrymen as well and then go on to Praise Allah for the opportunity to kill them. These terrorists have no credibility at all. To deliberately target these innocent non-combatants, especially the children, is unconscionable. The vast majority of Iraq deaths are at the hands of their own countrymen. She said children don't have safe streets to walk in. Why? Funny how the children can play safely in the streets when troops are present, but not when the glorious mujahideen are around. Shall I go on? I'm not saying she lied voluntarily, but these are lies and terrorist propaganda nonetheless. Get your head out of your arse and open your eyes. "Of course in her case of being a liberal, her death warrant or nuthouse commitment papers have already been signed by Bush." What a moronic statement. You are truly delusional. I don't know why I bother with people like you. You're obviously living in your own world with not even a passing acquaintance with reality. That video made me sick.

19 Actually that part is true. Iraqi children are kidnapped everyday. Iraq is not a safe place. Carlos needs to STFU.

20 Anyway she most likely does have Stockholm Syndrome but she'll snap out of it. The poor woman saw her friend die in front of her eyes. They brainwashed her. She even said she feared for her life. She was kept in a dark room for three months. Any small thing like giving her food and a newspaper can be interpreted as kindness by a hostage. And the fact that Jill's a woman makes her more easily persuaded by kidnappers. The same thing happened to Elizabeth Smart and she was raped. Jill was lucky. Stop turning her into a bad person. Oh and yes David, Jill is very suspicious. I bet She killed Alan herself. Note the sarcasm in my words. Anyway leave Jill alone. Carlos is a stupid ass motherfucker. How dare you insult a poor woman. Brining her political beliefs into her captivity is sick. Anyway I'm now convinced she has Stockholm Syndrome but she's still a victim. Women can be easily brainwashed. Leave her alone.

21 "Women can be easily brainwashed." That comment is ridiculous. And I take personal offense at it. Quit while you're ahead and get your arse down from around your shoulders. You don't look good in fur.

22 Fuck you cocksucker

23 Hey Robert--- Since women are easily brainwashed, I was going to kidnap your mother and fuck her in the ass-- she'll like it because she won't know any better Chew on that bitch

24 This was a hoax. All she is sympathizer.

25 Wow that hurt me so much Garner. Thank you for your kindness. I really care what a perverted fuck like you says. Like my good friend Maximus I don't care what you say. I've been called worse things by prepubescent punks in high school. God bless you Garner.

26 Throughout this entire thread, and those previous, I've been tolerant of your feelings, Robert. I understand why you feel the way you do. I'm perfectly fine with that. But your argument has gone beyond those bounds and you're starting to say stupid things like the comment I quoted above. The response I get to it is profanities. Is this how all your "debates" evolve? Do they all spiral down into four letter words? Insult me if you will, I don't care, but profane language only looks bad for you. And your insistence that others refrain from insulting Jill Carroll coupled with your insulting manner toward others here is a little hypocritical, isn't it?

27 Perhaps but I didn't tell you I was going to rape your mother. What a sick fuck Garner is. I really have to stop posting here. There are a lot of sexual predators here.

28 Nasty nasty.

29 Robert-- Don't act like you're a saint. If you agree that women are too impressionable, you're insulting your mother anyways. If you don't care, why are you still here you pussy? Put a towel on your head and go to Iraq with the other losers who opress women because they're "inferior" How is your mom these days?

30 So I get a brief "perhaps" and then a change of focus? Well I suppose it's a tiny step, so I won't belabor the point.

31 Fine you are right. I was an asshole. Sorry for insulting you. I'm just saying be nice to Jill. As for Garner you are one sick fuck. You need help. Leave my mom out of this. She's 59, diabetic, has arthritis and is very old. Go fuck your wife. That's what she's there for. Don't rape women.

32 Robert, take your own advice. You are completely out of your league here, and are coming across as an adolescent.

33 I'm actually 18 so go figure. Good to see you again Jesusland Joe. How's Texas?

34 Anyway I'll try to stop posting. I'm still going to read this blog from time to time. It's just so hard to not post. I actually like this blog. There are so many far right loonies on this board. There are also necrophiliacs(Maxie)and perverts(Garner). Let's not forget the occasinal loonie(Carlos). We also have the occasional far left loonie (Jungle Jim. Anyway Robert is not my real name. I've used many aliases. My real name is George Michael Ramos. I'm Puerto Rican and I live in Florida. How could you not know it was me? Anyway How are you maxie? How is Tennessee? Do you have still have Gulf War Syndrome? As for me I'll be graduating soon. I'm looking for a job.

35 I thought so, Robert. And I'm working in Arkansas right now, but I shall see the Lone Star State tomorrow. Robert, be cool! And don't take things so seriously. Garner was using your mother as a foile, and did not mean he wanted to literally rape her, but was using that statement to make a point about women. It wasn't personal. Remember, you have the right to your opinion, but so does everyone else.

36 All right thank you for being kind Jesusland Joe. I have a temper problem.

37 Hmmmm. . . Robert suggests Jill Carroll shares responsibility for her position in Iraq, and probably precipitated her kidnapping because she's impressionable. That's interesting Robert, thanks for the insight! Who taught you that outlook on life, your alcoholic dad? If you're going to be an ignorant 18 year old, and insult women, I'll be the sick fuck who drags your mom into the thread

38 George(ha, I knew that was you), have you thought about going to college?

39 Actually my Dad doesn't drink or smoke. He's 61 and just retired from the Marines and the Army. I respect women and have never harmed them in any way. My Dad is very strict from his military experience.

40 No it's too hard for me. I suck at Math. Especially Algebra.

41 Robert, I meant to type "some thing SEEM suspicious." A simple mistake. I do not blame Jill any more than you do and DID NOT insuate she was involved in this or killed her interpreter. A typo, but if you were reading me carefully you would see I agree with you. MSNBC says Jill was told by her captors not to cooperate with Americans or go to the green zone since they had agents there and she would be killed. Explains a lot! This girl is just plain scared!

42 Hell yeah. I also read that Guiliana Sgrena's captors tricked her. They told the U.S troops that her car had explosives. The sick bastards. She fell into their trap.

43 George, It was meant for our buddy Robert. College is a good choice and you should consider. Are you considering the Marines? Best choice if want a military experience

44 George, It was meant for our buddy Robert. College is a good choice and you should consider. Are you considering the Marines? Best choice if want a military experience

45 George, It was meant for our buddy Robert. College is a good choice and you should consider. Are you considering the Marines? Best choice if want a military experience

46 George, there are many fields in college that do not require very much math, such as business, hospitality, forestry, coaching and several others that just don't come to my mind right now. Please consider college, but it you are not cut out for it, the world needs plumbers, welders, builders, electricians and others who still make a good living. What are you considering?

47 You guys are idiots. I guess that saying a sucker born every day applies to just about every one here if you beleive the shit this leftist bitch is saying about her captivity. Luckly the goverment didn't waste our troops time trying to find her.

48 Garner I am Robert Savage. It was my alias. And stop posting three times.

49 George, I'm glad it was you and that you didn't run away forever scared. I think some people here have been too harsh on you. My opinions weren't far from yours at your age, so I think there's hope for you. Don't take that as an insult. It's not meant that way. I would recommend staying away from the profanity though, even if you're provoked. It'll go a long way toward your credibility.

50 George, Robert, whoever you are, I apologize deeply for clogging your screen. I know how much it must have bothered you. Tom, it's a good thing the troops did not stray in trying to find her. If you go to Iraq, you assume the risk. The only people that should be over there are the military

51 I love your sarcasm Garner. You should teach me sometime.

52 Robert, George, Etc. No thanks. Get back to the topic at hand

53 Interesting little mix of bloggers here. I just thought you all needed alittle outside stimulation. So I lied and posted an extreme left position to create alittle unrest. I like seeing both sides have at it in these debates. No "Inprobulus"! Bush doesn't have time to waste following me around. He's got the worst job in the world. Would you want his job? Besides I voted for him and I just like to create a little havoc and liven up the convo. It's what freedom is all about. Now! Was her statement scripted? Yes, obviously, but she has lived there over three years. While in captivity she was allowed to visit often with the women and children of the house. She was treated much better than other hostage women because of her favorable viewpoint of the arab world in general. Was it a setup to garner sympathy for their cause? Well suspicious isn't it? After all your dealing with Christian Science, which isn't a true Christian religion anyway. It's more of a esoteric philosophy that views Islam as a true religion. To them Christ wasn't a real person and is just a story to illustrate a esoteric way of life. George er Robert! Nothing you said here was out of line except the bad language. But you were rightfully frustrated. Just remember to not take everything so seriously in these internet blogs. Oh and about jobs, math and military. Only thing I can say is do some extensive research. Check out Job Corp as a stepping stone to a branch of the military or college. Take lots of tests to find out what your really good at (some tests are on the internet). If math was a problem for you in high school? Then it won't change going to college, as you'll still have some math related prerequisites to contend with. College should always be a first choice as stated by another blogger. But sometimes that's not our thing. You may be better than you think on math in the real world, where you use it everyday, but don't think about it. Do you have a certain knack for computers? Anywhere you end up today including most jobs and the military you will be working with computers that do the heavy math lifting for you. You play computer games? Lots of great paying jobs working with something you love to do, even if it's testing the play features of a game. Most of all make a Plan now for your Future or you'll be lost in a job flipping burgers at Mcdonalds with your job security threatened by robots in 10 years.

54 This may be of interest to your readers: "Jill Carroll forced to make propaganda video as price of freedom" http://www.csmonitor.com/earlyed/earlyWO0331a.html

55 I've been saying she was forced to say what she said. Now some bastard is impersonating me. People are calling me a coward for using an alias. Other people use aliases. Rusty does. Are you going to call him a coward.

56 Jill Carroll makes me want to puke. All she is, is a muslim sympathizing little witch. That is why she was released. She is nothing more than a traitor to her country and countrymen, and anyone else who is like her. Saying that this war was wrong and the Iraqi people are under abject conditions. Where was the sympathizing witch when Saddam was in power, before he was disposed in 2003, she moved over there in 2002. Why did she not ask the people of Iraq how they liked living under Saddam. She went over with the intention to feel sorry for these blood thirsty savages, under George Washington she would have been hung and she still deserves it.Traitorous witch, and that is being nice compared to what I can say. Why was she not tortured, because like I said before, she is a muslim sympathizing witch. She said that this war is immorral, what about what Saddam did to his own ppl? She obviously must have been living in a coma during that time. She refused a ride with the Americans and took a ride with muslims, that tells you right there who side she is on. She went over there knowing the danger that she could have gotten into, I have no sympathy for her or people like her.I have no use or respect for her or people like her. She wants to be with those blood thirsty savages, then she can stay in the Mental East where she belongs, and not here in America, that land that she betrayed.

57 As we look back at why Jill Carroll went to Iraq in the first place was to help the Iraq people because she felt bad for them. These statements comes from both Jill's Mother and Father and written by the same paper Jill works for the Christen Science. But Jill now comes home and says all these statements are false and the Iraq people the same as she once defended calls terrorists. Hmmm that is very strange more like a typical ignorant American move. One thing if she knows that the Iraq people are right and the Americans are the enemies to the people she is an American and she is christen American reporters some end up dead over there so we ask why would her family allow her to go and why would we go if she knows all of this? Or is it as her Parents said Jill was concerned for the people of Iraq and now she returns alive because of the same people she talks about and as a typical greedy ignorant American very ungrateful for those same people who kidnapped her to let her live they could of saved her from the real enemies the Americans the real terrorist oh yah if Jill were to come under some truth the Americans would of killed her in a secong just as Bush was the one who created the 9-11 right beside his accomplice Bin Laden you fool American people just as it was Bush and Straw who created the London attacks sure they will bring you the people the took out the orders but the people who took out the orders do not know where they came from they were just doing their work what they were told. We get back to Jill a pure typical ignorant hypocrite American. Alison Shunstrom Author of "World Peace" ashunstrom@yahoo.com Posted January 19, 2006, at 11:50 a.m. Mary Beth Carroll, Jill's mother, issued the following statement asking for her daughter's safe return: "My daughter, Jill Carroll, was taken hostage on Saturday, January 7th, in Baghdad, where she works as a reporter. Jill's fairness in reporting and her genuine concern for the Iraqi people made her the invited and welcomed guest of many Iraqi friends. A video just released gives us hope that Jill is alive, but has also shaken us about her fate. So, I, her father and her sister are appealing directly to her captors to release this young woman who has worked so hard to show the suffering of Iraqis to the world. Jill has always shown the highest respect for the Iraqi people and their customs. We hope that her captors will show Jill the same respect in return. Taking vengeance on my innocent daughter who loves Iraq and its people will not create justice. To her captors, I say that Jill's welfare depends upon you. And so we call upon you to ensure that Jill is returned safely home to her family who needs her and loves her. Jill's father, sister and I ask and encourage the persons holding our daughter to work with Jill to find a way to contact us with the honorable intent of discussing her release." Posted January 20, 2006 at 11:04 a.m. Jill CarrollÂ’s father, James Carroll, appeared on two Arab-language television networks Thursday evening, Eastern time. This is his statement to Al-Jazeera and Al-Arabiya. "I want to speak directly to the men holding my daughter Jill because they also may be fathers like me. My daughter is powerless and does not have the ability to release anyone. She is a reporter and an innocent person. Do not sacrifice an innocent soul. Instead, use Jill's abilities as a reporter. Allow her to be your voice to the world. Her life as a reporter would better serve your purpose than her death. As a father, I appeal to you to release my daughter for the betterment of your cause. I ask the men holding my daughter to work with her to initiate a dialogue with me."

58 Oh a linkwhore that doesn't link anything. that's different.