"Days of national mourning" is an idea that I'm not fond of: I
always thought it was pretentious. But aside from that, this whole
thing is surrounded by ambiguity. I think it is bad bad bad for
Italy or anyone else to pay a ransom to free a kidnapped reporter.
More kidnappings will follow (to raise money for terrorism), and
now the terrorists have a couple million $$$ more to buy C4 with on
the black market. About 30-40 journalists have died in Iraq, as
they have died in wars past, and that is part of the risk of the
job. And why all the tears over the death of a spy? Since then
about 30 more Iraqis have been killed by terrorist bombs, and has
met a big ho-hum from all the Italian weepers. I think it is all
posturing.
B
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