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Italy says hostage died like hero
2004-04-15
An Italian hostage shot dead in Iraq tried to look his killers in the eye and died like a hero, says Italian Foreign Minister Franco Frattini.
A man, unlike the savages who killed him...
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 handed over a tape of the killing to the Arab news channel al Jazeera which refused to broadcast the scene, saying it was too bloody.
Oh, c'mon. Savages like that sort of thing...
However, an Italian diplomat viewed the tape and relayed the details to Rome. Quattrocchi left for Iraq in November to work as a security guard. The 36-year-old, who was specially trained to guard oil pipelines, was earning up to 10,000 euros (6,700 pounds) a month and saving to buy a house with his fiancee, Italian media said. But until his kidnapping, his mother thought the former baker was working in Kosovo. His kidnappers, a previously unheard of group, threatened to kill the other three Italian hostages if Italy does not withdraw its troops from Iraq and its support from the United States. Rome has rejected bowing to such pressure.
Posted by:Phil B

#17  Agree with AC...
Fabrizio, true hero, true patriot, portrait of courage. God be with you.
Posted by: jawa   2004-04-16 12:06:41 AM  

#16  I see an Iranian dip took two in the head today.
Payback, or have I seen too many of those movies?
Posted by: tu3031   2004-04-15 10:05:19 PM  

#15  I am speechless, but nevertheless awed.

May God bless him and his family.

As for the scum that killed him, may they burn in hell along side with their allah.

I hope the news does not forget to report this.
Posted by: Michael   2004-04-15 6:52:11 PM  

#14  If I am ever (God forbid) in that situation, I hope to be as brave as Mr. Quattrocchi. Viva Italiano.

Perhaps Italy should pull out its troops...

...after making sure nothing living remains.
Posted by: Jackal   2004-04-15 3:48:17 PM  

#13  Bulldog - you are assuming that the media has the balls to report his last words.

I dont know how the media in Italy is but here in America Peter Jennings and his clones probably would be scared of offending someone (cowards? CAIR?).....
Posted by: CrazyFool   2004-04-15 2:13:04 PM  

#12  Mike, he was shot in the head. They wouldn't have the guts to tear apart a man like this, even trussed and hooded. His murderers are the most contemptible type of cowards.

How many Italians are going to sit on the fence, now? In trying to intimidate Italy, militant Islam has simply given that country a martyr in the real sense of the word - a man wanting to live, yet brave, defiant and resolute when facing death.
Posted by: Bulldog   2004-04-15 2:02:11 PM  

#11  I agree with AC. Al-jitzz would not want to show that the victim had real balls while their buddies the kidnappers were too cowardly to even show their faces.

God bless this guy and his family.
Posted by: CrazyFool   2004-04-15 1:28:01 PM  

#10  ..Definitely agree with AC, and add this - the bastards probably didn't shoot him, but tore him apart because he defied them..not even All-Jizz is going to risk showing that. The Italians would come over on their own and clean the place up.

Mike
Posted by: Mike Kozlowski   2004-04-15 1:22:47 PM  

#9  Love the quote. God Bless the man.

May it be the Italian version of "lets roll"
Posted by: peggy   2004-04-15 12:09:27 PM  

#8  agree with AC
Posted by: Liberalhawk   2004-04-15 11:25:05 AM  

#7  Bless this man and his family. And now, it's time to go Roman on the kidnappers.
Posted by: Steve White   2004-04-15 11:24:47 AM  

#6  It seemed odd that the ghouls at Al Ja-zero would refuse to broadcast a snuff tape.
Now we know why: In his dying breath Quattrochi exposed their heroes for the cowards and animals they are.
Posted by: Atomic Conspiracy   2004-04-15 10:56:43 AM  

#5  Does the word "vendetta" ring a bell?
Posted by: mojo   2004-04-15 10:37:56 AM  

#4  Can't add anything to JH 's comment.
Posted by: Anonymous3973   2004-04-15 10:18:08 AM  

#3  May God bless him & his loved ones. That is a hard core quote. I hope his killers are hunted down like dogs and dispatched the same way.
Posted by: Jarhead   2004-04-15 9:23:53 AM  

#2  Ã¢Â€Â™Now I’m going to show you how an Italian dies.’

Now they'll find out how the Italians invented Dire Revenge.
Posted by: Steve   2004-04-15 8:41:16 AM  

#1  Amazing: ’Now I’m going to show you how an Italian dies.’ No doubt, they do so with boots on.
Posted by: Dragon Fly   2004-04-15 8:29:18 AM  

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