February 09, 2006
The segment of the video aired can bee seen here (right side). In the video, Jill Carroll does not appear to be in distress. In fact, of the dozens of hostage videos I've seen, this is the first time where the hostage actually seems completely fine. However, only a portion of the tape has been released to the public so we don't know what else is on it. (Hat tip to Tim at OpinionBug for link)
Oddly, this is the first time a hostage video has been delivered to any one other than al Jazeera. Also, several deadlines have past since Jill Carroll's hostage takers threatened to murder her. Perhaps these are good signs that her captors are only after money and not like the hardcore jihadis who have murdered hostages in the past? We pray for Jill Carroll's immediate release.
For more information about Jill Carroll and the previous hostage videos click here.
An American journalist being held hostage in Iraq appeared in a new video tape aired on a private Kuwaiti TV station on Thursday appealing for help in securing her release.Jill Carroll, 28, was wearing a headscarf and appeared in good health in the brief video aired by Al Rai TV.
"I'm here with the mujahideen. I sent you a letter written by hand. I'm here, I'm fine. Please just do whatever they want," she said. "Give them whatever they want as quickly as possible. There is very short time. Please move fast."
She said the video had been recorded on February 2, but did not say what was in the letter that the TV station received along with the tape.
Jassem Boodai, the chairman of Al Rai TV, told Reuters that the station did not plan to broadcast the contents of the letter. "Because of the sensitive matters mentioned in it, we handed it over to Kuwaiti authorities," he said.
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Posted by: mynewsbot at February 09, 2006 04:59 PM (5IAeC)
Posted by: hondo at February 09, 2006 05:07 PM (3aakz)
Posted by: Rusty at February 09, 2006 05:13 PM (JQjhA)
Posted by: Improbulus Maximus at February 09, 2006 05:25 PM (0yYS2)
It sounds weird - more like the kiddnappers are more desperate than she - alright - I'll say it - What the hell is going on here?
Posted by: hondo at February 09, 2006 05:43 PM (3aakz)
That sounds so vague it's very suspicious. The big floral background also seems a very out of place in a hostage video meant to instill fear. Could it be that (I'm assuming that she really was taken hostage since her translator was killed) she's been secretly free for some time and is now faking captivity as part of the anti-war effort?
Posted by: Graeme at February 09, 2006 06:09 PM (FB00D)
Posted by: Robert Savage at February 09, 2006 06:10 PM (5E0ex)
Posted by: savageG@msn.com at February 09, 2006 06:16 PM (5E0ex)
I mean - loosely translated it means warriors/struggle - or say resistance fighters
That's a very generic term isn't it. Didn't this group have it's own moniker when this all started? It that part of the world your "Name" has some signaficant meaning - a statement in itself.
What the hell is going on here????
Posted by: hondo at February 09, 2006 06:27 PM (3aakz)
Posted by: Graeme at February 09, 2006 06:30 PM (FB00D)
Posted by: Robert at February 09, 2006 06:32 PM (5E0ex)
Robert
Posted by: Robert at February 09, 2006 06:36 PM (5E0ex)
Understood. I was just thrown a bit by the vague moniker (I am aware of its usage and full meaning) under the circumstances. I am aware also the names choosen in that culture do in fact have significant meaning to them and others, and identifies the various groups from one another. From my perspective - it is odd.
Posted by: hondo at February 09, 2006 07:32 PM (3aakz)
The prefix "mu-" means "person who does [x]" and functions like the suffix "-man" in English words like repairman and radioman. Attached to the root "jihad" it means "person who does jihad." The suffix "-in" makes it plural.
Notice that the the word "muslem" is derived the same way from the root "slm" meaning "to submit," hence Muslem literally means "submissive person." (That's their story anyway.) It is left vague, but in context the speaker implies submission to God. What few people appreciate is that "jihad" (lit. "striving") is equally vague. When someone calls himself a mujihad he likewise implies that he is striving to enact God's will, although he only really called himself "one who is striving."
The upshot of all this is that Carroll's captors believe they are being extra pious by keeping her in the back rooms of the house to be fussed over by the family females (which is probably where she got the scarf.) She's flattering them by calling them mujihadin, which is a wise thing to do for someone in her position. Real zealous Muslims don't hang around with women to socialize. Maybe she's getting sex (whether or not she wants it) but apart from that I'd bet she's probably not seeing much of the bad guys lately and has been adopted by the womenfolk.
Posted by: ShannonKW at February 09, 2006 07:56 PM (dT1MB)
Posted by: Richard at February 09, 2006 08:40 PM (W8EsU)
Posted by: Improbulus Maximus at February 09, 2006 08:50 PM (0yYS2)
Posted by: JMS at February 10, 2006 03:30 PM (/ph3F)
Posted by: Robert at February 10, 2006 05:03 PM (5E0ex)
Sure, she's reporting on the pain and suffering of the Iraqis but remember she's making lots of money off of it too. She is making money off their suffering or she wouldn't be there. She wears a head scarf that is easily put on, a fake head scarf as it were. It is nothing more than a costume. She is pretending to be who she is not. There are risks associated with the job and these were weighed by her decision to stay.
I suppose that following her execution the fees paid to freelancers will increase some to keep them at ground zero.
Posted by: Ray Chavez at February 17, 2006 09:33 PM (UQQOR)
Posted by: whoever at February 22, 2006 01:48 PM (vP0TL)
Shameful.
Posted by: Mogman at February 23, 2006 10:57 AM (3aCNQ)
Posted by: Mogman at February 23, 2006 12:26 PM (3aCNQ)
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