So, maybe I’m a cyncial and ugly person or maybe I just cut directly to the most obvious unasked question, but when I read this story: Virginia Man Among Four Kidnapped in Iraq, with the following lead:
BAGHDAD, Iraq – Al-Jazeera broadcast video Tuesday of four Western peace activists held hostage by a previously unknown group, part of a new wave of kidnappings police fear is aimed at disrupting next month’s elections.
The news station said the four were seized by the Swords of Righteousness Brigade, which claimed they were spies working under the cover of Christian peace activists. The captives — an American, a Briton and two Canadians — were members of the Chicago-based aid group
The first question that comes to my mind is, “well, are they spies or not?”