.U.S. Risks Reporter's Life to Strike Tough Pose

WASHINGTON - The George W. Bush administration went well beyond refusing to negotiate with terrorists in its handling of the threat by freelance journalist Jill Carroll's abductors to kill her if all female detainees were not released from U.S.-run prisons in Iraq. According to Iraqi officials, U.S. officials delayed the scheduled release of six female prisoners whom they knew had already been found innocent because of the kidnappers' demand for their release. Then they refused to speed up the review of the files of the five remaining female prisoners, in violation of a policy of giving priority to females in the review of detainee files for release.Had the normal policy been followed, it is very likely that all the women held by the United States would have been released by now. By delaying the releases of female detainees to strike a tough anti-terrorism pose, the administration has increased the risk to Jill Carroll's life.

Members of the international press freedom group Reporters Sans Frontiers hold a banner in front of the Eiffel tower during a demonstration calling for the release of kidnapped U.S. journalist Jill Carroll, in Paris February 7, 2006. (Regis
Carroll's abductors, who threatened on Jan. 17 to kill Carroll if all female detainees were not released by Jan. 20, did not carry out the threat. But they announced a new deadline of Feb. 26 for the release of all the female detainees in a video aired by a Kuwaiti TV station over the weekend. When the initial deadline was announced by Carroll's abductors, a major release of hundreds of prisoners had already been planned, and Iraqi officials had expected six female detainees to be included among them. The Iraqi ministries of justice and human rights revealed to reporters that they had reviewed the cases of the six women brought to them and had recommended to U.S. authorities that all six be released on the grounds that there was no solid evidence against them. Apparently the release had originally been scheduled before the deadline announced by Carroll's captors.
http://www.commondreams.org/headlines06/0214-06.htm

you never know (anymore)

What a bunch of asses these guys are. They must actually stay up late at night to think of things to do in order to be this foul.

:sarcasm:
this is nothing but a sadistic game for these bottom feeders.

:tinfoilhat: could it be wishful thinking on their part for Jill's life to end in order to justify coming invasions...