“There sure as heck wasn’t any of the same hoopla in the journalist world when Steve Centanni and Olaf Wiig were taken hostage and nearly killed.”
Under threat of death Steve Centanni converted to Islam. I have yet to hear him renounce his conversion.
“Before the journalists’ release, a new video was released, showing Wiig and Centanni dressed in beige Arab-style robes. The kidnappers claimed both men had converted to Islam. “We were forced to convert to Islam at gunpoint,” Centanni later tells FOX.”
Video:
http://littlegreenfootballs.com/weblog/?entry=22285_Fox_Journalists_Released&only
Probably because he understands that, as another poster mentioned, being armed with simply a camera and a microphone, and even having bodyguards, isn't going to be of very much help when covering places like these.