Stories by Jill Carroll
When veterans of wars in Iraq and Afghanistan bring their troubles home, police and judges often are the first to deal with them.
Posted on Jul 16, 2008
Jill's two guards watch cartoons and the Koran channel. But tension grows as she becomes more desperate.
Posted on Aug 24, 2006
Five Iraqi women are released, but Jill must make another video.
Posted on Aug 23, 2006
After the Feb. 22 shrine bombing in Samara, killing Shiites became more important than killing Americans -- or guarding Jill.
Posted on Aug 23, 2006
Jill agrees to study Islam, but realizes it's a mistake, so she hatches a plan to escape.
Posted on Aug 22, 2006
Carroll discovers that her kidnappers are hardcore Islamic militants.
Posted on Aug 22, 2006
Jill learns that her abductors may have imprisoned another female journalist, and is forced to make a hostage video showing that her life is at risk.
Posted on Aug 17, 2006
As Jill's parents make a televised plea, she learns about the zeal of women and children in the Iraqi insurgency.
Posted on Aug 17, 2006
Soldiers come so close to where she is being held on the first night of her captivity that Jill's captors accuse her of hiding a homing device.
Posted on Aug 16, 2006
January 7, 2006, promised to be an easy Saturday in Iraq for Jill Carroll. Instead, it was the first of her 82 days in captivity.
Posted on Aug 16, 2006
Intrepid humanitarian aid worker Marla Ruzicka died in Baghdad Saturday when her car was caught in an insurgent attack.
Posted on Apr 18, 2005
Attacks on U.S. troops may be down since January, but they are also getting much more sophisticated.
Posted on Apr 11, 2005
An unrelenting insurgency, pervasive chaos, little electricity or water, and widespread unemployment. After two years of occupation, Iraq looks pretty much the same.
Posted on Mar 21, 2005
