Abductors threaten to kill journalist Jill Carroll in Iraq

I've been following the story of the kidnapping of Christian Science Monitor journalist via Boing Boing. Apparently her captors have decided to kill her within 72 hours. There's certainly no such thing as a "right target", but Jill is clearly the wrong target. A link in the Boing Boing article points to a blog of one Jill's friends and associates -- it's quite an affecting read.

I suppose this gets to me because the descriptions I've read of Jill remind me of so many people I've met over the past few years, friends of friends, people in classes, etc. The Bay Area draws so many people who are both idealistic and have the courage to live in a manner that's congruent with their convictions . . .

I don't know whether Jill ever lived in the Bay Area, but I can't shake the feeling that she's someone I could have easily bumped into at a gathering of some sort.

Here's to hoping that an epiphany of sanity and compassion overpowers her abductors' intentions.