Posted on 03/30/2006 8:52:52 PM PST by Calpernia
The following is a trancript of the video released this morning on the internet by the "Mujahideen of Iraq", showing a pre-release interview that the jihadis did with American hostage Jill Carroll.
The interview, conducted in English except for a brief portion at the end, can be downloaded from http://www.lauramansfield.com/j/jolkorl2.rm
Male speaker: Dear Carroll. We are from the mujahideen in Iraq.
(Jill Carroll nods her head)
Male speaker: Please we want to ask you some questions.
Jill Carroll: mmmK
Male speaker: How did the mujahideen treat you?
Jill Carroll: They treated me very well, they treated me very well. Like a guest. I was given very good food, kept very safe, treated very, very well,"
Male speaker: Did you think the American army or the CIA would save you at any time?
Jill Carroll: I thought maybe they might. Sometimes I thought maybe that they might come, they might find me, they might find a way to know where I am and come, and come get me. I did think maybe they might.
Male speaker: Why did not they save you?
Jill Carroll: Well, I think the mujahideen are very, are very, are very smart and even with all the technology and even with all technologies and all the people that the American army has here, they still are better at knowing how to live and work here, and more clever, despite all the technology of the American army, they are still more clever, and better at being here than the American army, they are still better at what they do.
Male speaker: Does this mean anything to you?
Jill Carroll: Well I think it makes it very clear that the mujahideen are the ones that will win in the end, in this war, I think it makes it very clear that even with thousands of troops and airplanes and tanks and guns that that doesn't mean anything here on the ground in Iraq, I think it shows over time, over time, maybe, however many months are left in the Iraqi occupation, that its pretty clear that the mujahideen are the ones that will have the victory at the end of the day. It shows that no matter what the Americans try to say is happening here, or try to do with all there weapons, they are mistaken, the are not going to be able to stop the mujahideen here in Iraq.
Male speaker: What will you tell the American people about the mujahideen when you go back to America?
Jill Carroll: Well, first of all I want them to understand the mujahideen truly. There are a lot of lies that come out of the American government calling the mujahideen terrorists, I think it is important that the American people hear from me that the mujahideen are only trying to defend their country, it's only a jihad to stop an illegal and dangerous and deadly occupation. I think its important to see that the mujahideen are people like we've seen throughout history resisting an occupation, trying to fight a foreign force in their land. It's their country and they have a right to fight for their own freedom. So I think, I want people to understand that. That its not people that like to kill, not people that like violence, but people that love their country, and that want to see their country free of occupation.
And also I want them to understand that the situation in Iraq in general, how difficult it is here. People don't have electricity, they don't have water. Children don't have good safe streets to walk in. Women and children are always in danger here. Houses are always destroyed. People are killed left and right in the street without any reason, people die every day from the bombings and the shootings that go on and all these things, so I think people need to understand in American how difficult life is here for normal average Iraqis, how every day is a matter of survival, life or death for most Iraqis and thousands and thousands and tens of thousands of Iraqis have lot their lives here because of the occupation. I think Americans need to think about that and realize day to day how difficult life is how terrifying it is for most people to live here every day under the occupation.
Male speaker: Do you have a message for Mr. Bush.
Jill Carroll: (smiles, laughs, and nods her head) Yeah. He needs to stop this war. He knows this war is wrong He knows it was illegal from the very beginning. He knows that it is built on a mountain of lies and I think he needs to finally admit that to the American people and make the troops go home. And he doesn't care about his own people and he doesn't care about the people here in Iraq. He needs to wake up and the people in America need to wake up and tell him what he's done here is wrong so hopefully somehow he'll get the message that this war is wrong, that this continued occupation is wrong. That he can change his policies. It's as dangerous for Iraqis as it is for Americans and he needs to accept it and admit that to the people.
Male speaker: You have said the Mujahideen will win the war against the American army.
Jill Carroll: Oh definitely, definitely. It is very clear to see even now they are already winning every day there are soldiers killed, every day humvees blown up, helicopters are shot down every day, it is very clear the mujahideen have the skills and the ability and the desire and the good reasons to fight and for sure they will win.
Male speaker: What do you feel now that the mujahideen are giving you your freedom while there are still women in Abu Ghraib living in very bad situations.
Jill Carroll: Well, I feel guilty honestly. I've been here, treated very well, like a guest. I've been given good food, never, never hurt while those women are in Abu Ghraib. Terrible things are happening to them with the American soldiers are torturing them and other things I don't want, I can't even say, so I feel guilty and I also feels it shows the difference between the mujahideen and Americans, the mujahideen are merciful and kind that's why I'm free and alive. The American army they aren't. I feel guilty and I also feel that it just shows that mujahideen are good people, fighting an honorable fight, a good fight while the Americans are here as an occupying force treating the people in a very, very bad way so I can't be happy totally for my freedom, there are people still suffering in prisons and very difficult situations.
It shows the difference between the mujahideen and the Americans, it shows the mujahedeen are good people fighting an honourable fight while the Americans are here as an occupying force treating the people in a very bad way
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"This woman is an idiot."
Very very very very very very very very very very very very very much so!
What a lying, traitorous, terror supporting kook!
I hope she stays over there.
I haven't heard her respond to any questions about her video where she was near tears and terrified begging for her release....so if they never threatened her and only treated her very well, then was that all an act?
Isn't this what the left calls "torture"?
"When you're making a video and having to recite certain things with three men with machine guns standing over you, you're probably going to say exactly what you're told to say,"
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/national/1107AP_Iraq_Carroll.html
Can't know the truth of it, but it matches my impression from watching the video several times.
Bergenheim said Friday that Carroll's parents, who spoke to her about the video, told him it was "conducted under duress."
"What emerged was that they actually started filming this tape the night before and then there was a power outage. Jill had been told the questions, asked to translate them from Arabic into English," he told ABC's "Good Morning America."
Rather disgusting to hear conservative talk show hosts (Mike Gallagher this AM) ignore the fact, or go on the air misinformed, that this girl was still in captivity when she made those comments.
It was shallow and sensational of Gallagher to say the least. It was as if he wanted to make a show out of her end of captivity statements whether or not they were made while she was under duress.
Thanks for the update.
Time will give us a lot of the answers.
The rest of this/her life is in her hands now.. What she does while free will determine the rest of her life.. many many will NEVER forget this.. Unless she comes out with some excuse like intimidation and makes a reverse.. This will follow her the rest of her life.. If theres a political revolution shes toast..
Your post bears repeating...You have hit the proverbial nail on the head!
What a sick puppy she is!
I really don't think Gallagher is all that sharp. I don't respect him very much at all.
He hammered that DJ that made the slip of tongue on Condi Rice..a radio guy who always talked so positive about condi and apologized. Like Gallagher NEVER has a slip of the tongue. He is just up to par with Rush,Boortz or even hannity.
She's creepy. Not once does she express an ounce of grief or sadness for the translator she got killed. And she seems to be dedicated to her costume...notice the constnt touching of her headress...she's more muslim than muslims!
http://mypetjawa.mu.nu/archives/165871.php
What will Cindy "the sock puppet" Sheehan do now that they have another media whore?
Well I think you're right. He's kind of stupid in a trashy way.
Thanks for the update.
Many of us, did not realize in the beginning that the video had been made while she was still a hostage, I did not.
I think that I need to set a google alert for articles by
Jill, as I do not want to miss any of them.
How safe could anyone possibly feel while in their care?
It's called extreme duress!!! Would you please ping me if you get any Jill updates?
I don't think we will end up with another Jane Fonda out of this. They are already waiting to debrief her. Jill Carroll was best friends with Natasha Tynes, who is the former editor of al Jazeera news.
At the Christian Science website, on the left bar, there is a link to a daily report on "Terrorism and ?" it was about Jill today, written by a fellow reporter.
It told how she had been warned to not go to the American Green Zone, that she was forced to make the video saying how good they had been to her.
What I had hoped to find was there also, she went so that she would fully understand who the Iraqi people were and to find out all that she could. To learn.
She prepared for the trip by learning arabic, which is not a light undertaking.
Jill wore the muslim dress all the time she was in Iraq, she had been advised to dress as the Iraqi ladies did, which is good advise, from what I have read.
I have made a note of your name and will let you know if I find other news, and if you would do the same, we may learn something also.
Maybe I do understand a little of how she must have felt, I am alone, with cats, due to health, do not often leave the place or go outside.
At times, my thoughts get off kilter, but the Freepers keep me talking on the computer and days go by, with me not talking to anyone or using my voice.
When I think of being locked in a room, with guns pointed at me, knowing that the end would come when a terrorist decided to do so......
I think if she survives this to write and think clearly, it can only be with God's blessing.
No, I am sure she did not suffer as our POW's do and did, but then she didn't get the training and more than likely thought it couldn't happen to her.
I do pray that God will give her the healing that she will need.
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