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Up until the second video showing Carroll, weeping and wearing an Islamic veil, the United States military released only five Iraqi women. Although the audio was not clear, the message saict' to release all the Iraqi women and to do it fast.

A third message from Carroll, released on Feb. 9, said,-"I sent you a letter written by my hand, but you wanted more evidence. I am here. I am fine. Please just do whatever they want, give them whatever they want as quickly as possible. There is a very short time. Please do it fast. That is all." A Feb. 26 deadline was then set by the kidnappers or they would kill Carroll.

Carroll said, "During my last night in captivity, my captors forced me to participate in a propaganda video. They told me they would let me go if I cooperated. I was living in a threatening environment, under their control, and wanted to go home alive. I agreed."

During the three months of Carroll's captivity, her mother, twin sister and the Sunni Arab politician Carroll had gone to interview the day of her kidnapping, Adnan al-Dulaimi, has all issued appeals for her release.