We had privileged treatment say Italian hostages

Two Italian women freed from captivity in Iraq for a reputed million dollars ransom said today they feared for their lives throughout their three-week abduction, despite what they called ”privileged” treatment from their captors.

“The fear of being killed was there from the first day,” said Simona Torretta, one of the women aid workers freed along with two Iraqis also from the humanitarian group. ”We knew execution wasn’t imminent, but until we stepped on the airplane, the fear was always there,” she said.