re: More proof that even in the most brutal of places
The truth is, I believe that the vast majority of people in both Afghanistan and Iraq are good people who just want to work and raise families without fear, and this is why what we are doing is not futile.
There is an entry in Wikepedia on Jessica's rescuer, Mohammed Odeh Al-Rehaief.
I tracked him to a lobbying firm in D.C. (he's about halfway down the right column.)
His book can be found here.
Sounds like he's doing just fine.