[TennesseeGirl]

Remember, she was on assignment for the Christian Science Monitor when she was kidnapped. She lived with Iraqis when on assignment for CSM. This is a quote from CSM: "Carroll's relatives also pleaded for her release, urging her captors to "consider the work she has done to reveal the truth about the Iraq war."

I believe you are totally justified in being cynical.

[Jonah Johansen]

I wonder if another reporter had been kidnapped and not her; whether she would have written about it in a supportive or condemning fashion.

Since the terrorists are fighting for a propaganda victory because a military victory is impossible; a reporter in Iraq or the USA who portrays our soldiers or our effort in a negative light or the terroists in a positive light is as much an enemy combatant as a guy with an RPG.