In any case, U.S. officials in Washington say there are no plans to speed up the release of Iraqi women detainees to free them in the near future.
The Arabic Al-Jazeera television reported on 17 January that the kidnappers of Carroll, a freelance journalist for the “Christian Science Monitor,” had threatened to kill her within 72 hours unless their demand was met.
Carroll was kidnapped on a Baghdad street earlier this month and her translator was killed.
(compiled from agency reports)