Jill Carroll timeline

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On Jan. 7, freelance journalist Jill Carroll -- on assignment for The Christian Science Monitor -- was kidnapped by unknown gunmen. Her abduction took place about 300 yards from the office of leading Sunni politician Adnan al-Dulaimi. Carroll had gone to his office to interview him, but he was not there. Carroll's interpreter, Allan Enwiyah, an Iraqi Christian, was found shot to death a few blocks away.

Jan. 17 -- Carroll's captors issue a statement demanding the release of Iraqi female prisoners. They threaten to kill Carroll if the demand is not met.

*A video of Carroll, taken by her captors, is aired on Al-Jazeera satellite television.

*Carroll's family issues a statement calling her "an innocent journalist" and asking her kidnappers to "show her mercy...