Terrorism: Hostages: Jill Carroll held captive 82 days in Iraq - CSM's 10-part series
.
with contextual narrative by Peter Grier (P.G.)
and related articles. Complete today, except for the Epilogue.
Editorial: What Jill Carroll's ordeal revealed - CSM (Aug14,2k6)
Intro: Hostage: The Jill Carroll Story = CSM (Aug14,2k6)
Hostage (1) The kidnapping - CSM (Aug14,2k6) An interview with an Iraqi politician turns deadly.
Hostage (2) A spy with a homing device - CSM (Aug15,2k6) US soldiers come so close on the first night that Jill's captors accuse her of hiding a homing device.
Hostage (3) The first video - CSM (Aug16,2k6) Jill meets Ink Eyes, her chief captor, and makes a video seeking the release of Iraqi women.
Related: Statements made on Jill Carroll's behalf - CSM (Aug17,2k6)
Hostage (4) A mother as suicide bomber - CSM (Aug17,2k6) As Jill's parents make a televised plea, she learns of the zeal of women and children in the Iraqi insurgency.
Hostage (5) Mujahideen movies - CSM (Aug18,2k6) Jill discovers these are hardcore Islamic militants who follow Abu Musab al Zarqawi, the leader of Al Qaeda in Iraq.
Hostage (6) Reciting Koranic verse - CSM (Aug20,2k6) Jill agrees to study Islam, but realizes it's a mistake. She hatches a plan to escape.
Related: Jill Carroll's captor claims to be insurgency chief - CSM (Aug20,2k6)
Hostage (7) False hopes - CSM (Aug22,2k6) How the insurgency operates and views the world. Five Iraqi women are released but Jill must make another video.
Hostage (8) A new enemy - CSM (Aug23,2k6) After the Feb. 22 shrine bombing in Samarra, killing Shiites became more important than killing Americans - or guarding Jill.
Hostage (9) The Muj brothrs - CSM (Aug24,2k6) Jill's two guards watch cartoons and the Koran channel. But tension grows as she becomes more desperate.
Hostage (10) Freedom - CSM (Aug25,2k6) Make another video, Jill is told, and you'll be let go. But she doesn't believe it until they give her a gold necklace and eight $100 bills.
Related: Ransom claims abound in Carroll case - CSM (Aug25,2k6)
Epilogue: forthcoming
No comments:
Post a Comment