Broken Hallelujah

Jill Carroll, a freelance reporter for the Christian Science Monitor, was held hostage in Iraq for 82 days. This is her story.

The Jill Carroll Story - Part I

"Oh my God, oh my God, they're going to kill me, this is going to be it. I don't know when but they're going to do it," I thought.

I crawled over to Abu Hassan, the one who seemed more grown-up and sympathetic. His 9mm pistol was by his side, as usual.

"You're my brother, you're truly my brother," I said in Arabic. "Promise me you will use this gun to kill me by your own hand. I don't want that knife, I don't want the knife, use the gun." [MORE...]

This girl's heart appears to be in the right place and it's good to read the account of her ordeal, sans agenda, I believe. If I compare two victims of kidnapping like Jill Carroll and Jessica Lynch, I sure can see the reactive pendulum swing both ways.

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