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Broadcaster airs footage of American hostage; statement gives U.S. 72 hours to free prisoners Qassiin flbdul®Zahra TIIE ASSOCIATED PRESS BAGHDAD, Iraq — Hostage American reporterjill Carroll appeared in a silent 20-second video aired Tuesday by Al Jazeera television, which Delphine Minoui / The Associated Press An Arab television channel aired a silent 20-second videotape on Tuesday of freelance writer Jill Carroll, who has been held hostage in Iraq since Jan. 7, and said an accompanying message gave the United States 72 hours to free female prisoners in Iraq or the journalist would be killed. said her abductors gave the United States 72 hours to free female prisoners in Iraq or she would be killed. The tape showed the 28 year-old reporter sitting in front of a white background and speaking, but her voice could not be heard. Oh the tape, Carroll is pale and appears tired, and her long, straight, brown hair is parted in the middle and pulled back from her face. Al-Jazeera would not tell The Associated Press how it received the tape, but the station issued its own statement calling for Carroll’s release. An Al Jazeera producer said no militant group’s name was attached to the message that was sent to the station with, the silent tape on Tuesday. However, a still photograph of Carroll from the videotape that later appeared on the Al-Jazeera Web site carried a logo in the bottom right corner that read “The Revenge Brigade.” The group was not known from previous claims of responsibility of violence in Iraq. Carroll was a freelance reporter for The Christian Science Monitor, and the newspaper released a Statement from her family. “Jill is an innocent journalist and we respectfully ask that you please show her mercy and allow her to return home to her mother, sister and family,” the statement said. “Jill is a friend and sister to many Iraqis and has been dedicated to bringing the truth of the Iraq war to the world. We appeal for the speedy and safe return of our beloved daughter and sister.” In its own statement appealing for Carroll’s release, the newspaper said she arrived in Iraq in 2003 and began filing stories for the Monitor early last year. The kidnappers “have seized an innocent person who is a great admirer of the Iraqi people. She is a professional journalist whose only goal has been to report truthfully about Iraq and to promote understanding,” the newspaper said. WARNING: Read This BEFORE Filing Your Tax Return!!! Top 10 Reasons for Choosing The TAX SOURCE Inc. To Professionally Prepare and _Electronically File Your Tax Return This Year: | Accounting &TAX SourceTncT 803-309-189^^^^1 ■ \ ssir mk W '**L' *4y^U%<pO^VeWK 9 ** ♦ High ♦ XBox ■W Billia Reso FREE SHUTTLE TO CAMPUS! Elect : www.collegiesuites.net Office Hours: Mon - Fri: 9 A.M. - 5:00 P.M. | Sat: 10 A.M - 5 P.M. | Sun: 12:00 P.M. - 5 P.M. _I