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Hope she's pleased with herself- she's ruined her good name in the US for life.
Two "verys" in here. :)
Actually there are lotsa verys in the whole thing by her.
Hope this is only under duress but I sincerely doubt it. Notice how her murdered interperter didn't come up. Maybe there was a reason we didn't rescue her. She didn't need rescued, she was home.
Two more "verys". This woman is an idiot.
I still say something stinks about this whole kidnapping scenario.
Everyone I've talked to think this was staged and she was part of the planning. I'm beginning to believe it myself.
Portrait of a coward & traitor:
1. she knowingly gets a brave translator shot
2. she says America's stupider when in fact she probably helped evade rescue efforts
3. She also predictably praises her captors, denies their terrorism & craps on the face of the enemy killing but loving American soldier
Why do I conclude this?
A liberal coward never seeks to gain courage by genuinely seeking persecution but to persecute. He is openly seeking targets to persecute & sides with persecutors.
This means and only means it were a set up, that she either wanted to be kidnaped & her captors understood it, or that it were a set up from the get go to frame rescue forces as stupid & evil... because there is no way in heck she would have genuinely sought persecution as her translator did.
No word from her on his being shot. No word of sympathy for America & soldier, just a plain ol arrogant support of terrorists & cowardly suicide bombers.
As I suspected all along, she was in league with them.
"The goat was fresh and the Slurpees were very, very good!"
she knows EXACTLY how lucky she is.
According to a story published at Editor and Publisher:
After questioning Carroll, the off-camera captor read a statement in Arabic in which he announced her release, although it cannot be confirmed when this was done.
"We are releasing this reporter today after the American government agreed to some of our conditions, by releasing some of our women in prison," he said, according to a translation by the Washington-based SITE Institute.
Group That Held Carroll Releases Video Interview With Her--Coerced?
So, now we have a complete transcript.
What were the conditions the American government supposedly agreed to? Only the supposed release of some of the Iraqi women? Was the interview with Baghdad television among those conditions?
I guess they didn't videotape her having her throat cut while held down by three or more kidnappers. Apparently she didn't writhe on the floor while they clumsily saw at the whole throat to complete the beheading. The interminable amount of time that the body makes that awful wheezing, gasping sound while futiley trying to breathe through the horrible medium of torrents of blood. Or the indignity of having a clumsy but clever mujahadin try to balance her head in an upright position on her lifeless corpse.
No, she was treated very, very well.
http://www.lauramansfield.com/j/default.asp
March 30, 2006: Before you hurl those stones...
by Laura Mansfield
The release of American reporter Jill Carroll, kidnapped in January in Iraq, was announced this morning.
Carroll, who was shown in television wearing a Muslim hijab, refused to denounce her kidnappers, and said that she had been treated well by her captors during her captivity.
Almost immediately cries went out on the internet accusing Carroll of being a collaborator and of being "in cahoots" with the thugs who kidnapped her.
I wonder how many of those who have make such accusations have ever met a radical Muslim jihadist, much less been held captive by one?
I suspect the answer is none.
Those who have been around radical Islamists know better than to make such a statement.
Assuming that she was kidnapped by jihadists as opposed to criminal elements, her captors most likely treated her with impeccable politeness, and tried to make sure she was comfortable. As long as Ms. Carroll did not offend their Islamic sensitivies and did not insult Islam, then she would have been treated with traditional Arab-Islamic hospitality. She would not have been offered her freedom, but she would have been treated as well, if not better, than the Iraqi women around her.
She would have been subjected to a regimen of intimidation and verbal abuse on occasions, but those were likely not the normal day to day behavior. Between the episodes of abuse, she was almost certainly treated well by Arab standards.
I do suspect she was subject to a considerable amount of Islamic was well. She would have been told over and over the positive aspects of Islam. I have no doubts that she has heard of all the miracles in the Qu'ran, and of the compassion and brotherhood that is included in the Islamic holy book. Any questions she had about negative elements of Islam would have been quickly debunked.
Islam is a religion of contradictions. Those who follow a strict interpretation of Islam exhibit behaviors that to the rest of the world appear bizarre and full of contradictions. To them, the behaviors make perfect sense.
In fact, "Dr. Jeckyl - Mr. Hyde" behaviors are the norm for radical Islamists, and it provides the perfect cover in many ways.
It doesn't just manifest itself in radical Islamists; many abusers of various nationalities and religions are masters of this technique. It's true that Radical Islam has to a large degree institutionalized and legitimized this abuse. But abuse and terror transcent national, ethnic, and religous boundaries.
When American teenager Elizabeth Smart, kidnapped at 14 years of age, was found alive nearly a year later, many accused her of "running away from home", because of reports that at times during her captivity, she did not take advantage of the opportunity to escape.
Those who make such allegations are ignorant of the power of mind control that is exerted in an abusive relationship, whether the relationship be the result of a kidnapping or something much less newsworthy.
Stockholm Syndrome is very real. No doubt Jill Carroll is suffering from some degree of Stockholm Syndrome.
It would not be surprising to find that she comes out of her captivity with a heightened affection for Islam; that's what she's been spoon-fed for nearly three months.
And I have no doubt that for the most part Jill Carroll was probably treated well by her captors. I would expect that of her radical Islamist captors. That's what Islam has taught them.
Jill Carroll was kidnapped and held hostage for months by terrorists who have shown that they have no hesitation about killing innocents. The death of humanitarian worker Margaret Hassan, and the deaths of countless Iraqi women and children have proven this. She no doubt spent many hours fearing for her life.
We have no way of knowing if her cooperation continues to be coerced. For all we know, the safety of other hostages still held by the terrorists may depend on her continued cooperation. We just don't know.
She does not deserve criticism from those who stayed in their homes watching events unfold on television, or reading about it in the newspaper or on the internet.
Almost every civilization has a maxim advising people to withhold criticism or comment until they have walked a mile in the other person's shoes.
I suggest that those who are critical of Jill Carroll consider that before they begin to hurl stones at her.
Is this for real?
If so it confirms in spades what I have been saying from the beginning this whole thing was a fraud she was in on it from the beginning is a terrorist herself and a likely Moslem convert.
What does that do for the next person captured, can we say that the next hostage will be treated well?
She had better repudiate that interview and fast or her credibility as a journalist is destroyed and she will only be able to get work with CNN or the NYT.
Prayers up for the translator who was murdered by her humane and brave captors.
Being that this is an interview conducted pre-release, I am curious to see if she still holds these views now that she is no longer in terrorist hands.
Now, given that she seemed to held pro-terrorist views before she was kidnapped, I am - and always have been - suspicious of this entire affair. I think we'll find out the truth soon enough.
What a moron she is.
She spits on the grave of all the victims of terrorists with her vile pro-terrorist propaganda.
"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"
Does 'stockholm syndrome' cause one to spew bogus pro-terrorist propaganda like this?
I doubt it.
UNless she retracts this once she reaches safety, this looks like a willing accomplice-victim.
They have brainwashed her mind or she is a traitor.