Jill Carroll
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Jill Carroll is an American
former journalist
(now working as a firefighter
) who 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.
when she was kidnapped in Baghdad
on January 7, 2006. Carroll was freed on March 30, 2006.
Carroll was reporting in Iraq for the Christian Science Monitor. She has also worked as a commentator for news networks such as MSNBC
. She had been in Iraq since October 2003. Before covering the Middle East, Carroll was a reporting assistant in Washington, D.C.
, for the Wall Street Journal and worked for States News Service.
According to an Associated Press report on August 9, 2006, U.S. Marines arrested four Iraqi men for participating in Carroll's kidnapping.
Carroll was born in Ann Arbor, Michigan
. She attended Huron High School
in Ann Arbor and graduated from the University of Massachusetts Amherst
with a bachelor's degree in journalism in 1999.
, a Sunni
politician and leader of the Iraqi People's Conference. After discovering that al-Dulaimi was not at his office, they left and soon after were ambushed by masked gunmen. The driver, Adnan Abbas, managed to escape, but Carroll was kidnapped and her interpreter, Alan Enwiyah, 32, was shot dead and his body abandoned nearby by the kidnappers during the abduction. Carroll's driver, quoted in a story posted on the Monitor's website, said gunmen jumped in front of the car, pulled him from it, and drove off with their two captives all within 15 seconds.
Enwiyah, also known as Alan John Ghazi, was formerly a well-known music retailer in Baghdad.
According to the watchdog group Reporters without Borders
, Carroll was the 31st foreign journalist to be kidnapped in Iraq since the Iraq War began in March 2003.
Among the many kidnappings in Iraq, Carroll's kidnapping evoked one of the most widespread outcries.
"We are urgently seeking information about Ms. Carroll and are pursuing every avenue to secure her release," Monitor editor Richard Bergenheim
said in January.
"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 sufferings of Iraqis to the world," Mary Beth Carroll told CNN
's American Morning
on January 19, 2006.
In the efforts to locate and rescue Carroll, U.S. forces initially raided a mosque in the west of the capital after a tip that "activities related to the kidnapping were being carried out inside," triggering angry protests from Sunni Muslim citizens.
-based news network Al-Jazeera aired a silent 20-second video-tape that showed Carroll, and indicated that, in an accompanying message, an as-yet unidentified group was giving the United States
72 hours to release all female prisoners in Iraq. If that demand were not met, the group says it would kill Carroll.
The silent video showed Carroll speaking in front of a white background.
The Qatar-based station said the kidnappers identified themselves as members of a previously unknown armed group calling itself the "Brigades of Vengeance".
, whom Carroll was attempting to visit when she was kidnapped, gave a press conference on January 20, 2006, and gave the following statements.
"This act has hurt me and makes me sad because the journalist was trying to meet me when she was kidnapped. After she left my office because she was unable to meet me, she was kidnapped 300 meters from my office."
"We are against violence by any group, and we call the government and U.S. forces to stop raiding houses, arresting women. I call upon the kidnappers to immediately release this reporter who came here to cover Iraq's news and defending our rights."
showing Carroll wearing a headscarf and crying. The footage was timestamped with a date of January 28, 2006 and also featured the logo of the militant group "Brigades of Vengeance". Although the initial airing of the video did not include audio, Carroll is said to repeat earlier pleas to release all female hostages under American custody.
. The 22-second video showed Carroll sitting in a chair behind a large floral pattern, in full Islamic dress. She is pleading for supporters to do whatever it takes to release her. Unlike the previous two videos, both audio and video is included. Carroll mentions that the date of the tape is February 2, 2006.
In the tape, she mentions letters that she has written as evidence for the authenticity of the tape. A letter accompanied the tape that was written by Carroll, but no previous letters have been found. The contents of the letter have not been disclosed.
The following is a transcript from the video:
Earlier, people close to the kidnappers told Al Rai TV that Carroll is "in a safe house owned by one of the kidnappers in downtown Baghdad with a group of women."
On February 14, 2006 Iraqi TV began airing a Public Service Announcement appealing for her release.
.
Iraqi Islamic Party
offices in western Baghdad around midday and handed office personnel a letter, thought to be from her kidnappers, asking for help, a party official later said. At that time, Carroll said she had just been freed unharmed and was treated humanely during her captivity.
, who had neither met nor interviewed Carroll, posited on CNN that Carroll's actions "may indicate she was experiencing a touch of Stockholm syndrome
". The Christian Science Monitor
, Carroll's paper, reported:
On April 1, 2006, Carroll released a statement through the Christian Science Monitor's website. In the statement, Carroll states that she participated in the video critical of the United States and praiseworthy of her abductors only because she feared for her life and because her captors said they would let her go if she participated to their satisfaction. "Things that I was forced to say while captive are now being taken by some as an accurate reflection of my personal views. They are not," the statement said. Carroll called her captors "criminals, at best" and said she remains "deeply angry" with them.
In August 2006, the newspaper announced that she would tell her story of living with the captives in an 11-part series starting on August 13. The series tells about life among the mujahideen
.
On February 5, 2006 in Rome
a giant poster of Carroll, urging her release, was hung on the city hall building. The poster was removed after her release. In previous months, similar efforts were shown by hanging photographs of other kidnapped individuals from the same spot.
In Paris, on February 7, 2006, 30 white balloons were released to mark the 30 days of Carroll's captivity (in actuality 32 days at that point). French actress Juliette Binoche
appeared to show her support. Both the Rome and Paris efforts were coordinated by Reporters Without Borders
.
On February 27, 2006, 25 organizations belonging to the International Freedom of Expression Exchange
called for Carroll's immediate release.
On February 28, 2006, Carroll's twin sister Katie Carroll read a statement on Al Arabiya
television asking for her sister to be released.
The Council on American Islamic Relations (CAIR) called for Carroll's release in the name of Islam and its message of mercy.
In 2006 Carroll won a Courage in Journalism Award from the IWMF (International Women's Media Foundation).
.
On August 24, 2008, the United States military announced that on August 11 they captured Al-Qaeda militant Salim Abdallah Ashur al-Shujayri (aka Abu Uthman) in Baghdad, a man believed to be the planner behind Carroll's kidnapping.
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former journalist
Journalist
A journalist collects and distributes news and other information. A journalist's work is referred to as journalism.A reporter is a type of journalist who researchs, writes, and reports on information to be presented in mass media, including print media , electronic media , and digital media A...
(now working as a firefighter
Firefighter
Firefighters are rescuers extensively trained primarily to put out hazardous fires that threaten civilian populations and property, to rescue people from car incidents, collapsed and burning buildings and other such situations...
) who was kidnapped and ultimately released in Iraq
Iraq
Iraq ; officially the Republic of Iraq is a country in Western Asia spanning most of the northwestern end of the Zagros mountain range, the eastern part of the Syrian Desert and the northern part of the Arabian Desert....
. 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.
Overview
Carroll became an international cause célèbreCause célèbre
A is an issue or incident arousing widespread controversy, outside campaigning and heated public debate. The term is particularly used in connection with celebrated legal cases. It is a French phrase in common English use...
when she was kidnapped in Baghdad
Baghdad
Baghdad is the capital of Iraq, as well as the coterminous Baghdad Governorate. The population of Baghdad in 2011 is approximately 7,216,040...
on January 7, 2006. Carroll was freed on March 30, 2006.
Carroll was reporting in Iraq for the Christian Science Monitor. She has also worked as a commentator for news networks such as MSNBC
MSNBC
MSNBC is a cable news channel based in the United States available in the US, Germany , South Africa, the Middle East and Canada...
. She had been in Iraq since October 2003. Before covering the Middle East, Carroll was a reporting assistant in Washington, D.C.
Washington, D.C.
Washington, D.C., formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington, "the District", or simply D.C., is the capital of the United States. On July 16, 1790, the United States Congress approved the creation of a permanent national capital as permitted by the U.S. Constitution....
, for the Wall Street Journal and worked for States News Service.
According to an Associated Press report on August 9, 2006, U.S. Marines arrested four Iraqi men for participating in Carroll's kidnapping.
Carroll was born in Ann Arbor, Michigan
Ann Arbor, Michigan
Ann Arbor is a city in the U.S. state of Michigan and the county seat of Washtenaw County. The 2010 census places the population at 113,934, making it the sixth largest city in Michigan. The Ann Arbor Metropolitan Statistical Area had a population of 344,791 as of 2010...
. She attended Huron High School
Huron High School, Ann Arbor, Michigan
Huron High School is a public school in Ann Arbor, in the U.S. state of Michigan. Located at 2727 Fuller Road in eastern Ann Arbor near the banks of the Huron River, it serves grades 9 through 12. The school's principal is Dr. Arthur Williams. Huron is one of the three main high schools in the...
in Ann Arbor and graduated from the University of Massachusetts Amherst
University of Massachusetts Amherst
The University of Massachusetts Amherst is a public research and land-grant university in Amherst, Massachusetts, United States and the flagship of the University of Massachusetts system...
with a bachelor's degree in journalism in 1999.
Abduction
On January 7, 2006, Carroll, along with an interpreter and driver, traveled to the Adel district of Baghdad to interview Adnan al-DulaimiAdnan al-Dulaimi
Adnan al-Dulaimi is a Sunni Iraqi politician who became prominent following the US invasion of Iraq in 2003 and the fall of the regime of Saddam Hussein...
, a Sunni
Sunni Islam
Sunni Islam is the largest branch of Islam. Sunni Muslims are referred to in Arabic as ʾAhl ūs-Sunnah wa āl-Ǧamāʿah or ʾAhl ūs-Sunnah for short; in English, they are known as Sunni Muslims, Sunnis or Sunnites....
politician and leader of the Iraqi People's Conference. After discovering that al-Dulaimi was not at his office, they left and soon after were ambushed by masked gunmen. The driver, Adnan Abbas, managed to escape, but Carroll was kidnapped and her interpreter, Alan Enwiyah, 32, was shot dead and his body abandoned nearby by the kidnappers during the abduction. Carroll's driver, quoted in a story posted on the Monitor's website, said gunmen jumped in front of the car, pulled him from it, and drove off with their two captives all within 15 seconds.
Enwiyah, also known as Alan John Ghazi, was formerly a well-known music retailer in Baghdad.
According to the watchdog group Reporters without Borders
Reporters Without Borders
Reporters Without Borders is a France-based international non-governmental organization that advocates freedom of the press. It was founded in 1985, by Robert Ménard, Rony Brauman and the journalist Jean-Claude Guillebaud. Jean-François Julliard has served as Secretary General since 2008...
, Carroll was the 31st foreign journalist to be kidnapped in Iraq since the Iraq War began in March 2003.
Among the many kidnappings in Iraq, Carroll's kidnapping evoked one of the most widespread outcries.
"We are urgently seeking information about Ms. Carroll and are pursuing every avenue to secure her release," Monitor editor Richard Bergenheim
Richard Bergenheim
Richard Bergenheim was the former editor of The Christian Science Monitor, and President of The First Church of Christ, Scientist....
said in January.
"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 sufferings of Iraqis to the world," Mary Beth Carroll told CNN
CNN
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's American Morning
American Morning
American Morning is the morning television show on CNN. It premiered in 2001.-About the show:American Morning is hosted by Ashleigh Banfield, Zoraida Sambolin & Soledad O'Brien. Others who appear regularly are Rob Marciano with the weather, Sunny Hostin on legal news, and CNN senior medical...
on January 19, 2006.
In the efforts to locate and rescue Carroll, U.S. forces initially raided a mosque in the west of the capital after a tip that "activities related to the kidnapping were being carried out inside," triggering angry protests from Sunni Muslim citizens.
Video
On January 17, 2006, QatarQatar
Qatar , also known as the State of Qatar or locally Dawlat Qaṭar, is a sovereign Arab state, located in the Middle East, occupying the small Qatar Peninsula on the northeasterly coast of the much larger Arabian Peninsula. Its sole land border is with Saudi Arabia to the south, with the rest of its...
-based news network Al-Jazeera aired a silent 20-second video-tape that showed Carroll, and indicated that, in an accompanying message, an as-yet unidentified group was giving the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
72 hours to release all female prisoners in Iraq. If that demand were not met, the group says it would kill Carroll.
The silent video showed Carroll speaking in front of a white background.
The Qatar-based station said the kidnappers identified themselves as members of a previously unknown armed group calling itself the "Brigades of Vengeance".
Adnan al-Dulaimi
Sunni political leader Adnan al-DulaimiAdnan al-Dulaimi
Adnan al-Dulaimi is a Sunni Iraqi politician who became prominent following the US invasion of Iraq in 2003 and the fall of the regime of Saddam Hussein...
, whom Carroll was attempting to visit when she was kidnapped, gave a press conference on January 20, 2006, and gave the following statements.
"This act has hurt me and makes me sad because the journalist was trying to meet me when she was kidnapped. After she left my office because she was unable to meet me, she was kidnapped 300 meters from my office."
"We are against violence by any group, and we call the government and U.S. forces to stop raiding houses, arresting women. I call upon the kidnappers to immediately release this reporter who came here to cover Iraq's news and defending our rights."
Iraqi prisoners released
On January 27, 2006, five female Iraqi prisoners were released from U.S. custody. The U.S. military stated that the prisoner release was already planned and had nothing to do with Carroll's kidnapper's initial threat to kill her within 72 hours unless all female detainees in Iraqi prisons were released.Second video
On January 30, 2006, a second video appeared on Al JazeeraAl Jazeera
Al Jazeera is an independent broadcaster owned by the state of Qatar through the Qatar Media Corporation and headquartered in Doha, Qatar...
showing Carroll wearing a headscarf and crying. The footage was timestamped with a date of January 28, 2006 and also featured the logo of the militant group "Brigades of Vengeance". Although the initial airing of the video did not include audio, Carroll is said to repeat earlier pleas to release all female hostages under American custody.
Third video
On February 9, 2006, a third video appeared on private Kuwaiti TV channel Alrai TVAlrai TV
Alrai TV is a private Kuwaiti satellite TV channel. It was launched in 2004 and it is part of Al Rai Media Group , which publishes Alrai, a daily nerwspaper in Kuwait.It is the first private television channel in Kuwait....
. The 22-second video showed Carroll sitting in a chair behind a large floral pattern, in full Islamic dress. She is pleading for supporters to do whatever it takes to release her. Unlike the previous two videos, both audio and video is included. Carroll mentions that the date of the tape is February 2, 2006.
In the tape, she mentions letters that she has written as evidence for the authenticity of the tape. A letter accompanied the tape that was written by Carroll, but no previous letters have been found. The contents of the letter have not been disclosed.
The following is a transcript from the video:
- "Today is Thursday, February 6-[corrects herself]-February 2, 2006. I'm with the mujahideen. I sent you a letter written by my hand that you wanted more evidence so we're sending you this new letter now just to prove that I am with the mujahideen.
- I'm here, I'm fine. Please, just do whatever they want, give them whatever they want as quickly as possible. There is very short time; please do it fast. That's all."
February 26 deadline
A Kuwaiti television station reported February 10, 2006 that the kidnappers had communicated to them a deadline set for February 26 for their demands to be met, or Carroll would be killed.Earlier, people close to the kidnappers told Al Rai TV that Carroll is "in a safe house owned by one of the kidnappers in downtown Baghdad with a group of women."
On February 14, 2006 Iraqi TV began airing a Public Service Announcement appealing for her release.
February 26 passes
Iraqi Interior Minister Bayan Jabr al Zubaidi believed Jill Carroll to still be alive, even as the deadline for her execution has passed, according to ABC NewsABC News
ABC News is the news gathering and broadcasting division of American broadcast television network ABC, a subsidiary of The Walt Disney Company...
.
Release
On March 30, 2006, Carroll entered the SunniSunni Islam
Sunni Islam is the largest branch of Islam. Sunni Muslims are referred to in Arabic as ʾAhl ūs-Sunnah wa āl-Ǧamāʿah or ʾAhl ūs-Sunnah for short; in English, they are known as Sunni Muslims, Sunnis or Sunnites....
Iraqi Islamic Party
Iraqi Islamic Party
The Iraqi Islamic Party is currently the largest Sunni Islamist political party in Iraq as well as the most prominent member of the Iraqi Accord Front political coalition. It is currently part of the government of Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki...
offices in western Baghdad around midday and handed office personnel a letter, thought to be from her kidnappers, asking for help, a party official later said. At that time, Carroll said she had just been freed unharmed and was treated humanely during her captivity.
Post-Release Video
Within days of Carroll's release, a video of Carroll criticizing the occupation of Iraq and praising the insurgents as "good people fighting an honorable fight" appeared on an Islamist website. While counterterrorism expert Laura MansfieldLaura Mansfield
Laura Mansfield is the pseudonym for an American author specializing in counter-terrorism, the Middle East, Islam, and Islamic terrorism. She is the former Associate Director of the Northeast Intelligence Network...
, who had neither met nor interviewed Carroll, posited on CNN that Carroll's actions "may indicate she was experiencing a touch of Stockholm syndrome
Stockholm syndrome
In psychology, Stockholm Syndrome is an apparently paradoxical psychological phenomenon wherein hostages express empathy and have positive feelings towards their captors, sometimes to the point of defending them...
". The Christian Science Monitor
The Christian Science Monitor
The Christian Science Monitor is an international newspaper published daily online, Monday to Friday, and weekly in print. It was started in 1908 by Mary Baker Eddy, the founder of the Church of Christ, Scientist. As of 2009, the print circulation was 67,703.The CSM is a newspaper that covers...
, Carroll's paper, reported:
- "The night before journalist Jill Carroll's release, her captors said they had one final demand as the price of her freedom: She would have to make a video praising her captors and attacking the United States, according to Jim Carroll.
- In a long phone conversation with his daughter on Friday, Mr. Carroll says that Jill was 'under her captor's control.'
- Ms. Carroll had been their captive for three months and even the smallest details of her life—what she ate and when, what she wore, when she could speak—were at her captors' whim. They had murdered her friend and colleague Alan Enwiya, "she had been taught to fear them," he says. And before making one last video the day before her release, she was told that they had already killed another American hostage.
- That video appeared Thursday on a jihadist website that carries videos of beheadings and attacks on American forces. In it, Carroll told her father she felt compelled to make statements strongly critical of President Bush and his policy in Iraq.
- Her remarks are now making the rounds of the Internet, attracting heavy criticism from conservative bloggers and commentators."
On April 1, 2006, Carroll released a statement through the Christian Science Monitor's website. In the statement, Carroll states that she participated in the video critical of the United States and praiseworthy of her abductors only because she feared for her life and because her captors said they would let her go if she participated to their satisfaction. "Things that I was forced to say while captive are now being taken by some as an accurate reflection of my personal views. They are not," the statement said. Carroll called her captors "criminals, at best" and said she remains "deeply angry" with them.
Return home
On April 2, Carroll returned to Boston, where she was greeted at the airport by Monitor Editor Richard Bergenheim and whisked off to a joyful and tearful reunion with her family. On the flight, she said "I finally feel like I am alive again. I feel so good. To be able to step outside anytime, to feel the sun directly on your face—to see the whole sky. These are luxuries that we just don't appreciate every day."In August 2006, the newspaper announced that she would tell her story of living with the captives in an 11-part series starting on August 13. The series tells about life among the mujahideen
Mujahideen
Mujahideen are Muslims who struggle in the path of God. The word is from the same Arabic triliteral as jihad .Mujahideen is also transliterated from Arabic as mujahedin, mujahedeen, mudžahedin, mudžahidin, mujahidīn, mujaheddīn and more.-Origin of the concept:The beginnings of Jihad are traced...
.
International release efforts
Support for Jill Carroll's safe release was international. Efforts included a Baghdad newspaper whose front page read, "She loves Iraq. Now she needs your help."On February 5, 2006 in Rome
Rome
Rome is the capital of Italy and the country's largest and most populated city and comune, with over 2.7 million residents in . The city is located in the central-western portion of the Italian Peninsula, on the Tiber River within the Lazio region of Italy.Rome's history spans two and a half...
a giant poster of Carroll, urging her release, was hung on the city hall building. The poster was removed after her release. In previous months, similar efforts were shown by hanging photographs of other kidnapped individuals from the same spot.
In Paris, on February 7, 2006, 30 white balloons were released to mark the 30 days of Carroll's captivity (in actuality 32 days at that point). French actress Juliette Binoche
Juliette Binoche
Juliette Binoche is a French actress, artist and dancer. She has appeared in more than 40 feature films, been recipient of numerous international accolades, is a published author and has appeared on stage across the world. Coming from an artistic background, she began taking acting lessons during...
appeared to show her support. Both the Rome and Paris efforts were coordinated by Reporters Without Borders
Reporters Without Borders
Reporters Without Borders is a France-based international non-governmental organization that advocates freedom of the press. It was founded in 1985, by Robert Ménard, Rony Brauman and the journalist Jean-Claude Guillebaud. Jean-François Julliard has served as Secretary General since 2008...
.
On February 27, 2006, 25 organizations belonging to the International Freedom of Expression Exchange
International Freedom of Expression Exchange
The International Freedom of Expression eXchange , founded in 1992, is a global network of around 90 non-governmental organisations that promotes and defends the right to freedom of expression....
called for Carroll's immediate release.
On February 28, 2006, Carroll's twin sister Katie Carroll read a statement on Al Arabiya
Al Arabiya
Al Arabiya is a Pan-Arabist Saudi-owned Arabic-language television news channel. Launched on March 3, 2003, the channel is based in Dubai Media City, United Arab Emirates, and is majority-owned by the Saudi broadcaster Middle East Broadcasting Center ....
television asking for her sister to be released.
The Council on American Islamic Relations (CAIR) called for Carroll's release in the name of Islam and its message of mercy.
In 2006 Carroll won a Courage in Journalism Award from the IWMF (International Women's Media Foundation).
After her release
On August 19, 2008 it was announced that Carroll had started recruit training as a firefighter with the Fairfax County Fire and Rescue DepartmentFairfax County Fire and Rescue Department
The Fairfax County Fire and Rescue Department is a combination career and volunteer organization that provides fire suppression, emergency medical, technical rescue, hazardous materials, water rescue, life safety education, fire prevention and arson investigation services to Fairfax County, Virginia...
.
On August 24, 2008, the United States military announced that on August 11 they captured Al-Qaeda militant Salim Abdallah Ashur al-Shujayri (aka Abu Uthman) in Baghdad, a man believed to be the planner behind Carroll's kidnapping.
External links
- Carroll, Jill. "Politics, Mesopotamian Style", U.S. News & World Report. 2006-01-09 edition. Retrieved 2006-01-23.
- Carroll, Jill. "Violence threatens Iraqi coalition", Christian Science Monitor. 2006-01-06 edition. Retrieved 2006-01-23.
- Carroll, Jill and Murphy, Dan. "America's waning clout in Iraq", Christian Science Monitor. 2006-01-05 edition. Retrieved 2006-01-23.
- Carroll, Jill. "Shiites, Kurds forge ahead", Christian Science Monitor. 2005-12-30 edition. Retrieved 2006-01-23.
- Carroll, Jill. Notebook: Iraq blog, Christian Science Monitor. (occasionally filed by Jill Carroll). Retrieved 2006-02-16.
- Official Website of the Christian Science Monitor
- "Abductors threaten to kill American journalist", MSNBCMSNBCMSNBC is a cable news channel based in the United States available in the US, Germany , South Africa, the Middle East and Canada...
. 2006-01-17. Retrieved 2006-01-17. Updated 2006-01-20 - Peterson, Scott. "Reporter abducted in Iraq", Christian Science Monitor. 2006-01-10 edition. Retrieved 2006-01-17.
- "Iraq: Suspects in Carroll kidnapping arrested", Adnkronos International. January 24, 2006. Retrieved January 24, 2006.
- "Five Iraqi women are released from US custody", Christian Science Monitor. 2006-01-27 edition. Retrieved 2006-01-26.
- "Kidnapped journalist appears in new video", San Jose Mercury News. January 30, 2006. Retrieved January 30, 2006.
- "Kidnapped U.S. reporter appeals for help", New York Times. February 9, 2006. Retrieved February 9, 2006.
- "Let young writer go, metro Muslims urge", Detroit Free Press 2006-01-19. Retrieved 2006-02-24.
- "Iraqi Official: Jill Carroll Is Alive", ABC news, February 27, 2006. Retrieved 2006-02-27.
- "Hostage: The Jill Carroll Story", Christian Science Monitor, August 9, 2006. Retrieved August 9, 2006.