  Fabrizio Quattrocchi, the Italian hostage executed in Iraq, tried to tear off his hood seconds before he was shot dead and shouted, "Now I'll show you how an Italian dies. " "Vi faccio vedere come muore un italiano" You can email their embassy here at: stampa@itwash.org Here's what I sent today. Greetings, I have been reading about the last moments, in Iraq, of your brave countryman Fabrizio Quattrocchi.
I wanted to send you my conolences over his death, and my appreciation for his life. I hope this attempt at translation comes near what I mean to say: Mi dispiace molto spezialmente per la familia del bravo signore. Questo uomo fino era il meglio d'Italia, ê il meglio d'Europa. Moltisssimo grazia tutti amici Italiani. Viva Italia. Douglas Harper Lancaster, Pa. 
