Wonder what the families of Italian soldiers think when they here the terrorists received this money? So, two civilians were saved,,and possible more soldiers will die because of it.
Where are the brain cells?
Chances are the hostagetakers were just plain criminals who keep the money for themselves and their families. Right before the war started Saddam opened the prisongates and set thousands of normal criminals free. Remember part of the deal was that a dozen wounded Iraqi kids have to be treated in Italian hospitals. Doesn't sound like terrorist thinking to me.