Posted on 10/01/2004 7:25:44 AM PDT by rightisright
ROME (Reuters) - An Italian aid worker held hostage last month in Iraq said guerrillas there were right to fight U.S.-led forces and their Iraqi "puppet government."
In comments that were bound to annoy Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi's government, Simona Torretta also called on Rome to withdraw the troops it sent to Iraq to support its U.S. ally.
"I said it before the kidnapping and I repeat it today," she told Corriere della Sera newspaper in an interview published Friday.
"You have to distinguish between terrorism and resistance. The guerrilla war is justified, but I am against the kidnapping of civilians."
Torretta and her Italian colleague Simona Pari, both of them 29, were freed Tuesday, three weeks after being snatched from their Baghdad office. Berlusconi has brushed aside widespread reports that his government paid a ransom of up to $1 million.
Describing the administration of Iraqi Prime Minister Iyad Allawi as "a puppet government in the hands of the Americans," Torretta said elections planned for January would have no legitimacy: "During my days in detention ... I came to the conclusion it will take decades to put Iraq back on its feet."
Torretta, who lived in Iraq before, during and after the U.S.-led invasion, said she wanted to return despite her ordeal -- but would not do so as long as U.S. troops were there: "I've got to wait until the end of the U.S. occupation," she said.
She said she did know whether Italy bought her freedom from the kidnappers: "If a ransom was paid then I am very sorry. But I know nothing about it ... I believe that (the kidnappers) were a very political, religious group and that in the end they were convinced that we were not enemies."
One would think she would have the good grace to shut the **** up if she feels this way. This is an insult to Silvio Burlusconi and his government and all their efforts (ransom money too) to get her set free.
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No good deed goes unpunished.
/snicker
No way. They were leftist admirers of Jihad going into Iraq. Those scruffy unshaven Iraqi terrorists? They're romantic freedom fighters to her. These terrorist scumbags are the new Che Guevaras for young people like her
You're right Simona.
"Resistance" is voting against Prime Minister Allawi in the upcoming January elections.
Terrorism is kidnapping people and blowing up innocent schoolchildren.
Too bad you can't make the distinction, ragazza putana.
Sounds like she has a Rachael Corrie attitude.
What do you expect from a homely, communist Italian broad who had more action in the few days of captivity with the sex-crazed muslims that the Dallas Cheerleaders get in a lifetime?
She served, many times over, as their 72 virgins.
Your "Raging Stupidity" comment.
Brainwashed.
Someday, she'll realize she's fortunate to have her head still attached to her neck.
"I totally support the right of the guerrillas to cut off the heads of all the hostages when the ransom is paid."
"is paid" >> "is NOT paid"
It just amazes me that so many women have so little clue as to how islam fundamentalists treat their women.
Stockholm Syndrome
You got in first (I was pulled away from my desk)
Yes, I also wouldn't be surpised if Torretta's kidnapping turned out to be a put-up job: extort money from the Italian Govt and simultaneously bring the Italian Iraq policy into disrepute.
Let this be a lesson to us all. Never EVER pay ransom for a kidnapped adult, if only because there's a 50/50 chance they'll turn out to be some preening liberal.
I smell........propaganda.Something tells me she's in with the terrorists.Just a hunch.
She like a lot of other young Italians do not believe that Nazi Germany was bad and that the United States was wrong in giving them freedom. These young Italians, Frenches, Belgians, and the children of Hitler all despise the United States. It is no big deal. Typical left-wing fascist Europeans who hat the United States and our standard of living.
ping JD list
off with her head! LOL Sorry, but this woman is fool.
Stockholm Syndrome and I bet she was gang raped repeatedly.
Queste ragazze sono i fascists nuovi dell'Europa. Loro credono che gli Stati Uniti sono responsabili per tutto il cattivo nel mondo. Loro sostengono il terrorista islamico e sono contro l'Israele.
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