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---"There were times when we feared we'd be killed," Ms Torretta said. "But at other times we laughed together.

"Our faith helped us a lot, along with interior strength, because you must give yourself strength on your own."

She described how the captors came to apologise to the women as they were about to release them.

"Religious people who taught us the principles of Islam in the end came to apologise and ask forgiveness," Ms Torretta said.

The captors even gave them a box of sweets for the journey, she said.

"We have learnt about this great solidarity by the Iraqi people, which is like a vote of thanks for all the work we have done over these years," Ms Torretta said.

"Now I have to stay with my family, because we did not know anything about what was happening here. We were very surprised by all this solidarity."

Maurizio Scelli of the Italian Red Cross was present when the women were handed over on Tuesday.

He told journalists the dresses the two women were wearing at the time came from their captors.---

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/3699982.stm


94 posted on 09/29/2004 8:30:05 AM PDT by claudiustg (Go Sharon! Go Bush!)
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Not surprised.

Two brainwashed, leftist imbecils.

Expect this two idiots to go back to their captor islamist friends soon.


95 posted on 09/29/2004 2:25:14 PM PDT by TAquinas
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