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Old 02-28-2002, 02:15 PM   #24
warch
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But the very idea that the murderers had the faintest clue that Geraldo arrived armed...
Talk about your cosmic injustice...

But with seriousness...I think the strategic usefulness or threat of a captive, rescued, actively reporting foreign journalist (or aid worker) most often is very well considered, by all sides. They may still end up dead, but perhaps not a wasted weapon, in their persecutor's eyes. Hostage commodities and broadcast access.
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