Good News

American hostage released in Baghdad

· Jill Carroll survived two deadlines in 82-day ordeal
· No deal made to secure release, says ambassador

Eighty-two days after she was dragged from her car at gunpoint, the American journalist Jill Carroll was free yesterday, walking unharmed into the branch office of an Iraqi political party in one of the most dangerous suburbs of Baghdad.

Carrying a slip of paper in Arabic identifying her as a kidnapped American, Carroll, 28, a freelance journalist who had been working in Baghdad for the Christian Science Monitor, arrived at a branch office of the Iraqi Islamic party in the western neighbourhood of Amiriya at about midday.

It is great news to hear about Jill Carroll being freed, yet those in the Wignut blogosphere felt the need to attack her and what she stands for, her only crime is going there to help Iraqis (remind me why we are in Iraq again?), clearly the wingnuts wanted her dead so they could crack horrific jokes like what they did to Rachel Corrie.

Instead of being grateful for her release all they can do is hurl insults at her. Bunch of cowards, are 101st Keyboarders of the world brave enough to go to Iraq? Thought not, they would rather cower behind their big daddy protector (Bush) than sign up for their war they spend hours masturbating over.

How can I put this - Wingnuts are fucking scum