▁Berg , ▁Eug ene ▁Arm strong ▁and ▁Jack ▁H ens ley , ▁South ▁Korean ▁Kim ▁Sun - il , ▁Sh ose i ▁K oda ▁from ▁Japan , ▁and ▁Kenneth ▁Big ley ▁from ▁the ▁UK . ▁Italian ▁Fab riz io ▁Qu att roc chi ▁was ▁shot ▁in ▁the ▁head , ▁possibly ▁by ▁another ▁group , ▁as ▁was ▁British ▁aid ▁worker ▁Margaret ▁Hass an . ▁According ▁to ▁the ▁Committee ▁to ▁Prote ct ▁Journal ists , ▁at ▁least ▁ 2 5 ▁journal ists ▁have ▁been ▁kid n apped ▁by ▁armed ▁groups ▁in ▁Ira q ▁since ▁April ▁ 2 0 0 4 , ▁when ▁ins urg ents ▁began ▁target ing ▁foreign ers ▁for ▁ab du ction . ▁ ▁While ▁some ▁host aget aking ▁seems ▁to ▁be ▁polit ically ▁motiv ated , ▁a ▁large ▁number ▁of ▁host ages ▁are ▁taken ▁by ▁crim inals ▁as ▁a ▁means ▁of ▁obtain ing ▁c ash . ▁Ira q is ▁pres umed ▁to ▁have ▁high ▁in comes ▁have ▁especially ▁been ▁target ed . ▁ ▁On ▁the ▁evening ▁of ▁ 4 ▁March ▁ 2 0 0 5 , ▁the ▁car ▁leading ▁Giul iana ▁S gr ena , ▁fresh ly ▁liber ated , ▁along ▁with ▁two ▁agents ▁of ▁the ▁S ism i , ▁the ▁Italian ▁Military ▁Int elligence ▁service , ▁was ▁fired ▁upon ▁by ▁U . S . ▁troops . ▁Nicola ▁Cal ip ari , ▁who ▁had ▁negoti ated ▁the ▁liber ation ▁of ▁the ▁other ▁eight ▁Italian ▁host ages , ▁was ▁killed , ▁while ▁S gr ena ▁and ▁the ▁other ▁agent ▁were ▁wounded ; ▁see