Another Kidnapped Journalist

[Tony]

http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/01/18/iraq.journalist/index.html

BOSTON, Massachusetts (CNN) -- With the kidnappers' Friday deadline looming, the newspaper for which abducted American journalist Jill Carroll works said Wednesday that it is "availing itself of every option we can think of to secure her release."

"The Monitor is undertaking strenuous efforts on Jill's behalf, taking advantage of every opportunity we have at our disposal," said Senior Editor David Cook during a news conference in front of The Christian Science Monitor headquarters in Boston. "You can be sure that people at the Monitor are working on this night and day in a variety of cities around the world."

Cook declined to elaborate, saying only that the paper had not been in contact with any group claiming responsibility for the kidnapping.

After all these kidnappings in Iraq, it seems that civilians working there should be required or encouraged to wear/swallow/implant some kind of GPS tracking device so they could be found in the event of a kidnapping. I sincerely hope she gets released before it is too late.