Italian Hostage Killed

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Italian Hostage Killed
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Wed, 04-14-2004 - 6:40pm

Renee

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Thu, 04-15-2004 - 10:14am
Italy says hostage died like hero

http://www.reuters.co.uk/newsPackageArticle.jhtml?type=topNews&storyID=493605&section=news

An Italian hostage shot dead in Iraq tried to look his killers in the eye and died like a hero, says Italian Foreign Minister Franco Frattini.

Frattini told reporters that Fabrizio Quattrocchi, one of four Italian security guards abducted outside Baghdad, was hooded when his kidnappers put a gun to his head.

"When the murderers were pointing a pistol at him, this man tried to take off his hood and shouted: 'Now I'm going to show you how an Italian dies'. And they killed him," Frattini said.

"He died a hero."

Quattrocchi's kidnappers handed over a tape of the killing to the Arab news channel al Jazeera which refused to broadcast the scene, saying it was too bloody.

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However, an Italian diplomat viewed the tape and relayed the details to Rome.

Quattrocchi left for Iraq in November to work as a security guard. The 36-year-old, who was specially trained to guard oil pipelines, was earning up to 10,000 euros (6,700 pounds) a month and saving to buy a house with his fiancee, Italian media said.

But until his kidnapping, his mother thought the former baker was working in Kosovo.

His kidnappers, a previously unheard of group, threatened to kill the other three Italian hostages if Italy does not withdraw its troops from Iraq and its support from the United States.

Rome has rejected bowing to such pressure.

Renee

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Thu, 04-15-2004 - 10:18am
Daniel Pearl was a Jew.
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Thu, 04-15-2004 - 11:39am
Terrible!
cl-Libraone~

 


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Registered: 05-27-2003
Mon, 04-19-2004 - 12:08am
I don't understand what that means? Can you please explain.
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Registered: 04-05-2004
Mon, 04-19-2004 - 12:55pm
It was in response to this:

"Quattrocchi's kidnappers handed over a tape of the killing to the Arab news channel al Jazeera which refused to broadcast the scene, saying it was too bloody.

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I commented that Daniel Pearl was a jew. This is why they didn't have such sensitivities when when broadcasting his murder.

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Registered: 03-23-2003
Mon, 04-19-2004 - 5:49pm

How many more...Sad


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Registered: 07-25-2003
Mon, 04-19-2004 - 7:33pm
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The animals used his torture and decaptiation to make a recruitment video, which is, apparently, appropriate viewing for general audiences in the Middle East.

http://inhonor.net/videos/uped/fl_video.php?f_num=_54800_

Renee

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Registered: 05-27-2003
Mon, 04-19-2004 - 9:58pm
thank you for explaining that