American Exceptionalism Meets Team Jesus

Tom Engelhardt / Truthdig Sep 18, 2007 There's a lot of talk about religious fundamentalism these days, but how much do we really know about the brand of Christian fundamentalism that has developed in America since, and in response to, the Enlightenment? Author James Carroll holds forth on the subject in this interview with TomDispatch editor Tom Engelhardt. Dig deeper ( 23 Min. Read )

Jill Carroll Was Coached by Captors

Staff / Truthdig Aug 16, 2006 In part three of the 11-part series, kidnapped Christian Science Monitor reporter Jill Carroll receives instruction from her captors on how to look miserable on camera. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Kidnapped Reporter Carroll: I Pleaded for a Quick Death

Staff / Truthdig Aug 14, 2006 Jill Carroll, the 28-year-old Christian Science Monitor freelancer who was held captive in Iraq for almost three months earlier this year, has gone public for the first time with the story of her ordeal. She recalls beseeching one of her captors to use a gun to kill her -- rather than a knife -- when it seemed her execution was imminent. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Carroll Disavows Statements Against U.S.

Staff / Truthdig Apr 2, 2006 The freed American journalist said her captors forced her to make the anti-U.S. propaganda tape, and told her she would be released if she cooperated. UPDATE: Carroll lands safely in Boston. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

American Reporter Set Free in Iraq

Staff / Truthdig Mar 30, 2006 Jill Carroll, 28, was released unharmed after nearly three months of captivity. "I was treated well, but I don't know why I was kidnapped," she tells Iraqi TV. As yet, there is no explanation as to why she was let go. Dig deeper

Media Outlets Censor Tape of Kidnapped Reporter

Blair Golson / Truthdig Jan 31, 2006 Jill Caroll, 28, appears pleading and weeping in a newly released tape. | storyTruthdig says: Al Jazeera won't let us hear Carroll's voice because it would be too "upsetting" to viewers. CNN CNN's "The Situation Room" won't even show a clip. What exactly is going on here? Why not let us, the viewers, decide what's too "upsetting"? How is this any different from Bush's censorship of coffins returning home from Iraq? We've watched jetliners packed with innocents crash into our Twin Towers. We've watched Iraqi civilians bombed in real time by our own forces. Since when did we become unable to judge for ourselves what we need to see to make sense of the world around us? Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Ambush Kills 10 Guards in Iraq

Staff / Truthdig Jan 19, 2006 The Iraqi civil war rages on, and the traditional media continue to ignore it. Also, the young kidnapped American reporter is given 72 hours to live. | story Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Abductors Threaten to Kill American Journalist

Staff / Truthdig Jan 18, 2006 The 28-year-old female stringer for the Christian Science Monitor appears in a video broadcast on Al Jazeera. | storyThe AP has more info. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Sunni Iraqis Protest Mosque Raid

Staff / Truthdig Jan 11, 2006 The action, in search of kidnapped American journalist Jill Carroll, comes on the heels of a raid of a Sunni scholar group. | story Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

U.S. Reporter Abducted in Iraq

Staff / Truthdig Jan 10, 2006 Twenty-eight-year-old freelance reporter Jill Carroll is the first American female journalist to be kidnapped during the war. | story Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )