Jill Carroll links

The Christian Science Monitor has a special "Jill Carroll: finally free" web page here. It includes a video of Carroll's visit to the CSM newsroom, as well as stories about her release, her reunion with her family and a statement issued by Carroll on Saturday, shortly after her release:

Things that I was forced to say while captive are now being taken by some as an accurate reflection of my personal views. They are not. The people who kidnapped me and murdered Allan Enwiya are criminals, at best. They robbed Allan of his life and devastated his family. They put me, my family and my friends--and all those around the world, who have prayed so fervently for my release--through a horrific experience. I was, and remain, deeply angry with the people who did this.

I also gave a TV interview to the Iraqi Islamic Party shortly after my release. The party had promised me the interview would never be aired on television, and broke their word. At any rate, fearing retribution from my captors, I did not speak freely. Out of fear I said I wasn't threatened. In fact, I was threatened many times.

The Monitor also has a tribute to Allan Enwiya, Carroll's interpreter, who was killed when Carroll was taken hostage.

At Editor and Publisher, Joe Strupp has a story about what's next for Carroll:

"We don't have a plan and it is not a question we have posed to her," said Marshall Ingwerson, the Monitor's managing editor. "We are going to let her take the lead when she is ready." He said no plans have even been made for Carroll to tell her story in any kind of formal way, be it a written newspaper account or some other kind of extensive approach.