Jill Carroll
Jill Carroll
Jill Carrollis an American former journalistwho was kidnapped and ultimately released in Iraq. Carroll was a reporter for the Christian Science Monitor at the time of her kidnapping. After finishing a fellowship at Harvard University's Joan Shorenstein Center on the Press, Politics and Public Policy she returned to work for the Monitor. After her release, Carroll wrote a series of articles on her recollection of her experiences in Iraq...
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I am here. I am fine. Please just do whatever they want, give them whatever they want as quickly as possible.
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Iraqis in the street are saying that the Shiite-dominated government planned it that way. The elections gave people hope for an improved life, but immediately after the vote, the quality of life declined.
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All I ever wanted to be was a foreign correspondent. It seemed the right time to try to make it happen.
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It was like falling off a cliff for three months, waiting to hit the ground.
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During my last night in captivity, my captors forced me to participate in a propaganda video.
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I was treated well, but I don't know why I was kidnapped.
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It stays on for about an hour and a half and then goes out for a few hours. Back in October, we would get three or four hours at a time.