Freed Italian Hostage Defends Iraqi Resistance
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ROME, October 2 (IslamOnline.net &amp; News Agencies) - The Iraqi people have every right to resist the US-led occupation forces until liberating their homeland, one of two Italian hostages freed in Iraq has said.
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Two Italian women aid workers were freed in Baghdad today three weeks after being taken hostage. But there was still no word of the fate of Briton Ken Bigley, threatened with beheading by his captors who have remained silent for almost a week.
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ROME - Italy insisted on Wednesday it did not pay a million-dollar ransom to win the release of two aid workers, as the country rejoiced in the homecoming of the women who said they were ready to return to Iraq to continue their work there.
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BAGHDAD, Iraq - Two kidnapped Italian aid workers were freed Tuesday after three weeks of captivity in Iraq, and six other hostages in the country were also released. American forces bombed a suspected militant hide-out in Fallujah and the military claimed its frequent strikes have taken a toll on the network of Jordanian-born terror leader Abu Musab al-Zarqawi...
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The two Italian hostages recently released by captors in Iraq have stirred anger among some with their criticism of the country's participation in the war.
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An Italian aid worker held hostage last month in Iraq said guerrillas there were right to fight U.S.-led forces and their Iraqi "puppet government."
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National joy in Italy at the safe return  of two aid workers held hostage in Iraq gave way in some  quarters on Wednesday to concern that Rome had paid a ransom  for the women's freedom.
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Description: The kidnapping of two Italian aid workers in Iraq has united their home country. The women were both known as opponents of the Iraq war.
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Two Italian women taken hostage in Iraq said the fear of being killed haunted their captivity despite kindness from their kidnappers who showed them respect because of their charity work.
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An Italian journalist taken hostage in  Baghdad this month made an emotional appeal for her life and  called on foreign forces to withdraw from the country in a tape  released by insurgents on Wednesday.
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One of the two freed Italian aid workers said Wednesday that their abductors in Iraq taught them about Islam and reassured them they would not die.
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LONDON -- She's lived in Iraq for three decades and has been a passionate advocate for its people, arguing against the US-led invasion, but humanitarian worker Margaret Hassan finds herself a pawn as the latest hostage in the conflict gripping her adopted homeland.
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National joy in Italy at the safe return of two aid workers held hostage in Iraq gave way in some quarters on Wednesday to concern that Rome had paid a ransom for the women's freedom.
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Rome - Hundreds of people cheered and applauded on Tuesday outside the home of one of the two Italian aid workers freed in Baghdad, celebrating the release of the women after an anguished three-week wait.
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(AGI) Ãâ Rome, Italy, Aug 24 Ãâ The president of the Left Democrat MPs, Luciano Violante, speaking of the abduction of the Italian journalist Enzo Baldoni in Iraq said that it was necessary not to surrender to the blackmail of terrorists.
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An Italian journalist taken hostage in  Baghdad made an emotional appeal for her life and called on  foreign forces to withdraw from the country in a tape released  by insurgents Wednesday.
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Two Italian women aid workers held hostage  in Iraq for three weeks returned home to cheers and tears on  Tuesday, with Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi leading the  welcome party at Rome's Ciampino airport.