Oh No NOT Italy too!!!
Italian Hostages freed due to ransome being paid - Rome Paid Big Ransom to Free Hostages
Reuters ^ | Sept.29 | Luke Baker
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1230425/posts
Ransom payments seen fuelling Iraq's hostage crisis
http://cnn.netscape.cnn.com/news/story.jsp?idq=/ff/story/0002/20040929/0716587654.htm&photoid=20040928PPC101&floc=NW_1-T