From: Jeff Shultz 

On Thu, 26 Jan 2006 15:48:37 +0100, Phil Payne wrote:

> http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/2614A992-D663-42FA-B6FA-9D002993C222.h
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>
> "The US military in Iraq has freed five women prisoners, but American and
> Iraqi officials stressed their release was pre-planned and not linked to
> the case of kidnapped US reporter Jill Carroll.
>
> The kidnappers of Carroll, who was abducted in Baghdad on 7 January, had
> threatened to kill her by last Friday unless all women prisoners were
> released. There has been no word on her fate."
>
> Be a shame if they've done her in already.  Still, since kidnapping
> American women obviously works, I doubt there'll be a single one left in
> the country by Sunday.

Heck, they announced that their release was already planned practically as
soon as she was taken. The terrorists would have only had to wait a week or
so.

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