Darwin Awards for Italians

Unfortunately for the Italians, I think that senior intel officer might never have wanted to pay the ransom. If they were the only two in the car, and the driver (intel guy) was killed, then we have to ask was the driver arguing with the reporter/hostage? Did the reporter hostage demand that they pass through the checkpoint so the reporter could get like a bath or something? Did the intel guy get henpicked into believing the masked men at the checkpoint were "terroists" because the reporter said they looked like terroists?

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