Italian hostages 'sitting ducks' after US troops disarmed them

[Lori Price CLG]

Italian hostages 'sitting ducks' after US troops disarmed them

The four Italian security guards kidnapped in Iraq had their personal protection weapons confiscated by American soldiers just hours before they were seized by suspected rebels, colleagues have revealed.

According to Paolo Simeoni, the former leader of their security team, soldiers manning a checkpoint in one of Baghdad's most dangerous districts confiscated their three high-powered assault rifles and two pistols.

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[Frangible]

1. gun control at work

after all, peasants don't need weapons...

[Devils Advocate NZ]

2. Not at all. Stupidity at work (the italians that is)

First of all, they should have had the proper paperwork. Secondly, when their weapons were confiscated, they should have cancelled the trip until they could recover them with the appropriate permits.

By the way, they were NOT unarmed. They had two pistols and three assault rifles confiscated, but went back and got two more pistols and an MP-5 sub machine gun.