Something good has happened in Iraq

Amidst all of the atrocities, the bloodshed and the chaos in Iraq, something good has happened that we should celebrate. Jill Carroll, the Christian Science Monitor journalist that was kidnapped November 26, 2005, has been released.

This is good news amidst the horrifying events occurring daily in Iraq, but there needs to be more news like this. There are still journalists, soldiers, civilians and relief workers being used as pawns. These people have just as much of a right to safety and freedom. As much as I’m celebrating Carroll’s release, I’m thinking about the families of the three Iraqi journalists that haven’t been released and praying that their families will soon celebrate their releases.

I don’t know Jill Carroll. I don’t have any reason to care, no reason to relate to her except that she’s my age. She went over to Iraq to do her job and was kidnapped doing it. I’ve been following her story, hoping that she would be released, and it’s happened. There’s not many details about her release, but there is a reason to celebrate about her captors recognizing her innocence and letting her go.

[Christian Science Monitor: Jill Carroll update](http://www.csmonitor.com/2006/0113/carroll_update.html)