By: E&P Staff The rescue of three hostages in Iraq on Thursday has given new hope for the safe release of freelance American journalist Jill Carroll, who has been held for 11 weeks.
"Although their case is unrelated to Jill's, their release gives us new hope that Jill, too, will soon be freed," Carroll's family told The Christian Science Monitor, the newspaper she had written for most recently.
Zalmay Khalilzad, the U.S. ambassador to Iraq, said Thursday that "we're focused on releasing the remaining hostages, particularly Jill Carroll."
Carroll, 28, was kidnapped in Baghdad on January 7.
The three Westerners released in the military raid were from the Christian Peacemaker Teams aid group. Christian Peacemaker Teams said in a statement Thursday that "we will continue to lift Jill Carroll up in our prayers for her safe return."
CNN reported today that the Monitor "has received 2,300 letters and e-mails urging Carroll's release from places as far flung as Cambodia, Germany, Jordan, Switzerland and Sweden."
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