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ROME, April 15 (Reuters) - An Italian hostage shot dead in Iraq tried to look his killers in the eye and died like a hero, Italian Foreign Minister Franco Frattini said on Thursday. Frattini told reporters that Fabrizio Quattrocchi, one of four Italian security guards abducted outside Baghdad, was hooded when his kidnappers put a gun to his head. "When the murderers were pointing a pistol at him, this man tried to take off his hood and shouted: 'Now I'm going to show you how an Italian dies'. And they killed him," Frattini said. "He died a hero." Quattrocchi's kidnappers...

Fabrizzio Quattrocchi,a 35 year old baker,who had taken a job as a security guard in Iraq,and who had been taken hostage by one of Iraq's Media Militias ( whose activities appear to be instigated,facilitated,and "co-produced" by the al-Jazeera TV network) resisted his captors to the very end,according to Italian Foreign Minister Franco Frattini-who has viewed the al-Jazeera tapes. Frattini told reporters for AGI (Agenzia Giornalistica Italia) "When the assassin was pointing the pistol at him,this boy tried to take off his hood and shouted: "Now I'll show you how an Italian dies!" And they killed him." Al-Jazeera, which has never...