Jill Carroll is Free

Great news. So was the rescue of the three peace activists last week. That was a bigger story overseas, because two of the hostages were British. The US military is to be applauded for that rescue. Here Carroll was dropped off at the Iraqi Islamic Party offices. US officials deny the paying of ransom, but of course that doesn't mean a private entity didn't do it. It seems like that's what happened.

But most importantly, she's free. I want everyone to make it out of Baghdad alive. Particularly the troops.

Incidentally, there are still three Iraqi journalists being held against their will in Iraq. And 39 journalists in all have been kidnapped since the start of hostilities. 89 have been killed, and scored wounded. No matter how many pictures of other countries Howard Kaloogian can dig up, Iraq is a very dangerous place. And we haven't been able to subdue that. Jill Carroll's release is a source of hope, but let's not forget the other millions at risk.