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Hostage: Epilogue

Posted in Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, Afghanistan, Al Jazeera, Al Qaeda, Arabic, Arabic (арабский язык), Arabs & Muslims, CIA, CNN, CNN International, City Politics, Egypt, Egyptians, FBI, Falluja, Iraq, Iraq - US Military, Iraq War, Iraqi War, Islam, Islamist fundamentalists, Islamists, Jihad, Koran, Kuwait, Marines, Middle East & Muslim World, Muslim Countries, News & Politics, Prophet Muhammad (Allah bless him and grant him peace), Quanitco, Saddam, Saddam Hussein, Sunni, Sunni Islam, Terrorism, US Military, USMC, Zarqawi, abdullah rashid, abu ghraib, al-Zarqawi, allahu akbar, baghdad, central intelligence agency, federal bureau of investigation, hijab, iraqi islamic party, islamist, jill carroll, middle east, mujahideen, shiite, suicide bombers, suicide bombing, terrorists, the christian science montitor on August 28, 2006 | Leave a Comment »

Epilogue • Family reunion
Lessons learned for Jill and the Monitor about her campaign for freedom. What’s happened to Alan’s family?
By Peter Grier | Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor
On April 2, 2006, a white Lufthansa 747 with the designation “Hamburg” written on its side taxied up to a gate at Boston’s [...]

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Hostage part 10

Posted in Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, Afghanistan, Al Jazeera, Al Qaeda, Al-Zarqawi Death, Arabic, Arabic (арабский язык), Arabs & Muslims, CIA, Egypt, Egyptians, FBI, Falluja, God, Hostage, Iraq, Iraq - US Military, Iraq War, Iraqi War, Islam, Islam in Southeast Asia, Islamist fundamentalists, Islamists, Jihad, Jordan, Kidnapping, Koran, Kuwait, Marines, Middle East & Muslim World, Muslim Countries, News & Politics, Prophet Muhammad (Allah bless him and grant him peace), SUVs, Saddam, Saddam Hussein, Sunni, Sunni Islam, Terrorism, US Military, USMC, Zarqawi, abdullah rashid, abu ghraib, al-Zarqawi, allahu akbar, and Spiritual songs, central intelligence agency, federal bureau of investigation, hijab, iraqi islamic party, islamist, jill carroll, middle east, mujahideen, shiite, suicide bombers, suicide bombing, terrorists, the christian science montitor on August 25, 2006 | Leave a Comment »

Part 10 • Freedom
Make another video, Jill is told, and you’ll be let go. But she doesn’t believe it until they give her a gold necklace and eight $100 bills.
By Jill Carroll and Peter Grier | Staff writers of The Christian Science Monitor
(P.G.) The evening of March 29, Katie Carroll went to [...]

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Hostage part 9

Posted in Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, Afghanistan, Al Jazeera, Al Qaeda, Al-Zarqawi Death, Arabic, Arabic (арабский язык), Arabs & Muslims, CIA, CNN, CNN International, Egypt, Egyptians, FBI, Falluja, God, Hostage, Iraq, Iraq - US Military, Iraq War, Iraqi War, Islam, Islam in Southeast Asia, Islamist fundamentalists, Islamists, Jihad, Jordan, Kidnapping, Koran, Kuwait, Marines, Middle East & Muslim World, Muslim Countries, News & Politics, Oil for Food / Palaces, Prophet Muhammad (Allah bless him and grant him peace), Saddam, Saddam Hussein, Sunni, Sunni Islam, Terrorism, US Military, USMC, United Nations, Zarqawi, abdullah rashid, abu ghraib, al-Zarqawi, allahu akbar, baghdad, central intelligence agency, federal bureau of investigation, hijab, islamist, jill carroll, middle east, mujahideen, suicide bombers, suicide bombing, terrorists, the christian science montitor, washington dc on August 24, 2006 | Leave a Comment »

Part 9 • The Muj brothers
Jill’s two guards watch cartoons and the Koran channel. But tension grows as she becomes more desperate.
By Jill Carroll and Peter Grier | Staff writers of The Christian Science Monitor
(J.C.) Abu Qarrar was young, rotund, and seemed new to the mujahideen lifestyle. He hadn’t memorized much of [...]

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Morons Want to Reward Illegal Immigrants… Again

Posted in Arnold Schwarzenegger, Assembly Appropriations Committee, California, California Legislature, California Politics, California Senate, Democratic Assembly, Democrats, Democrats and Republicans, Drivers : Politics and Economy, Illegal Immigrants, Illegal Immigration, Immigrants, Immigration, Mexico, News & Politics, Phil Angelides, Republicans, SB1160, Senate Bills, State Politics, assimilation on August 23, 2006 | Leave a Comment »

For those who believe that all of the illegal immigration protests of late last Spring and early summer were not detrimental to the pro-illegal immigrant movement, aside from the obvious evidence, one need only look to the recent smack down that transpired with Assembly Appropriations Committee in the Democratic Assembly last week concerning the re-up [...]

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Hostage part 8

Posted in 9/11, Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, Afghanistan, Al Jazeera, Al Qaeda, Arabic, Arabic (арабский язык), Arabs & Muslims, CIA, CNN, CNN International, Egypt, Egyptians, FBI, Falluja, Hymns, Improvised Explosive Devices, Iraq, Iraq - US Military, Iraq War, Iraqi War, Islam, Islam in Southeast Asia, Islamist fundamentalists, Islamists, Jihad, Jordan, Kidnapping, Koran, Kuwait, Marines, Middle East & Muslim World, Muslim Countries, News & Politics, Oil for Food / Palaces, Prophet Muhammad (Allah bless him and grant him peace), Psalms, Saddam, Saddam Hussein, Samara, Southeast Asia, Sunni, Sunni Islam, Terrorism, US Military, USMC, United Nations, abdullah rashid, abu ghraib, al-Zarqawi, allahu akbar, and Spiritual songs, baghdad, central intelligence agency, federal bureau of investigation, hijab, islamist, jill carroll, middle east, mujahideen, shiite, suicide bombers, suicide bombing, terrorists, the christian science montitor on August 23, 2006 | Leave a Comment »

Part 8 • A new enemy
After the Feb. 22 shrine bombing in Samarra, killing Shiites became more important than killing Americans – or guarding Jill.
By Jill Carroll and Peter Grier | Staff writers of The Christian Science Monitor
(J.C.) Blind again under the black scarves – a now familiar routine after one and [...]

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