Published: Monday, August 21, 2006
Cast of captors
An overview
Abu Nour, "Ink Eyes": Leader of Jill Carroll's kidnappers. Said he was Abdullah Rashid al-Baghdadi, leader of the Mujahideen Shura Council in Iraq. The council included Abu Musab al-Zarqawi.
Abu Rasha: Nom de guerre of the No. 2 kidnapper. Boss of Carroll's guards. During her first night of captivity, she was kept at his house in Baghdad. Appeared in first video.
Abu Ahmed: A close lieutenant of Abu Nour's and appeared to be a member of the Mujahideen Shura Council in Iraq. An Islamic scholar who had recently read an Arabic translation of a Henry Kissinger biography.
Abu Ali: Nom de guerre of the man in charge of an insurgent cell under Abu Nour. Participated in Carroll's abduction. Has a stubbly beard.
Um Ali: Wife of Ali. Guarded Carroll at all times in the first month of captivity.
— Christian Science Monitor
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