Thanks to Italy, we may find out. In stark contrast to Fabrizio Quattrochi’s final words to his kidnappers – “I’m going to show you how an Italian dies”, they have reportedly been paying off Terrorists who kidnap their citizens. Possibly as much as 15 million dollars in the last year according to this Michelle Malkin article. Some reports are saying that they paid as much as $15M for last week’s release of Giuliana Sgrena.

We should be thankful that the Italians have fielded 3000 troops to asist in Iraq, but they need to be told stop undermining our efforts to defeat these terrorists. That money will very likely be used to kill Iraqi citizens, American and even Italian soldiers in future months and extend the time it takes to win this war.