As yet another hostage is taken by terrorists in Iraq, who will no doubt be brutally murdered despite her blubbering pleas, I'd like to honor Fabrizio Quattrocchi, the Italian hostage, killed on April 14th, who died like a man. As Mark Steyn wrote (linked earlier):
... consider Fabrizio Quattrocchi, murdered in Iraq on April 14th. In the moment before his death, he yanked off his hood and cried defiantly, “I will show you how an Italian dies!” He ruined the movie for his killers. As a snuff video and recruitment tool, it was all but useless, so much so that the Arabic TV stations declined to show it.
If all those kidnapped in Iraq showed similar defiance, the hostage taking would stop. I honor Fabrizio Quattrocchi, a better man than most.
Friday, October 22, 2004
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