Hours after she was released from a nearly-three month kidnapping, US reporter Jill Carroll gave an interview with Iraqi television in which she addressed her ordeal. Asked how she was treated, Carroll replied: “Very good treatment. I was kept in a very small, safe place, in a safe room. Nice furniture. They gave me clothing, plenty of food. I was allowed to take showers, go to the bathroom whenever I wanted. They never hit me, never even threatened to hit me… I felt I was not free. You know, it was difficult because I didn’t know what would happen to me.” Carroll is a freelance reporter working for the Christian Science Monitor in Iraq. She was seized in January outside the offices of a prominent Sunni politician in Baghdad.