Thursday, February 09, 2006

Jill Carroll Makes Third Video Plea


According to BBC News, "US journalist Jill Carroll has appeared in a fresh video, shown on Kuwaiti television, urging that the demands of her Iraqi kidnappers be met.

'I am fine. Please just do whatever they want... There is a very short time,' says Ms Carroll, of the Christian Science Monitor newspaper.

She was seized more than a month ago and has appeared on two other videos. The latest was aired on al-Rai TV.

She says she is being held by the 'mujahideen' in Iraq.

In a previous video the captors identified themselves as the Revenge Brigades.

Ms Carroll, 28, was seated during the new black-and-white video and wore an Islamic veil. She addressed the camera in a firm voice. She gives the date as 2 February.

'I am with the mujahideen. I sent you a letter written by my hand, but you wanted more evidence, so we are sending you this letter now to prove I am with the mujahideen,' she says.

You can watch a portion of the video with sound here: "Very Short Time" (CBS News)

An editor at al-Rai told Associated Press news agency the station had received a letter but would not give its contents. The channel said it was handing the letter to Kuwaiti authorities.

Ms Carroll was kidnapped on 7 January in Baghdad while on the way to interview Sunni Arab leader Adnan al-Dulaimi.

She appeared in videos on 17 and 30 January shown on al-Jazeera television.

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