Let's get some thing straight here! Those on this thread who are throwing taunts at "those who aren't bitching about Margaret Hassan" ALL were "bitching" [even some of the Bushites] from the day the news broke of her abduction. Even the character who claims to have organised the resistance in Falluja disclaimed any part in her kidnapping, and claimed that no Muslim should deliberately do harm to any woman or child. That this good woman's murder is an abominable eventuality is agreed by all. What is truly tragic is the fact that this can be used by brainless [and probably gutless] characters who wish to score some kind of point over anti-war people. That such things occurred in Iraq BEFORE the "coalition of the willing" began to ravage the countyside may be true , once every other year, say. But there is NO doubt just what has given these murderers the opportunity to give vent to their evil urges. Do I need to draw a picture?