May 17 2005
Another Italian Hostage
Though it may not be accurate or appropriate, I have to admit that my first reaction when hearing about another Italian hostage was, “Well, of course. It must be pretty well-known amongst the terror ranks that Italians pay top Euro ransoms for their citizens which would seem to make them more valuable targets.”
In these hostage situations there are really no good options, but paying a ransom to terrorists is still the worst of the bunch.