[Michael81Dus]

The state must not surrender to its enemies! I don´t want my government to pay for terrorism - even if that meant to lose my own life. Freedom must not depend on kidnappers and suicide bombers!

[liberallyconservative]

Agreed. When we bow down to the demands of terrorists such as these, we are asking for a flood of the same. All I'm saying is one would prefer freeing the hostages without a gun battle where the hostages could well be injured or killed in the cross-fire. But a gun battle is still much more preferable than paying off the thugs.
My question is this: who paid the millions of dollars and thereby financed further terrorism?