Five female prisoners in Iraq will be freed

I don't wish for anything bad to happen to journalist Jill Carroll, but I seriously hope we're not releasing these women because of her kindnappers' demands.

And while we're all pondering the fate of Israel and the Palestinians in the wake of yesterday's election, get a load of this:

Saeed Syam, a top Hamas official in Gaza, said Monday the group "joins those who ask to release American citizen Jill Carroll."

"We have declared many times we are totally against kidnapping civilians," the Hamas official said.

But killing them is OK.