[ValerieUSA]

I can't count how many times I've heard the Muslim Mayor of Bethlehem assuring TV news viewers that the clerics and nuns inside the Church of the Nativity are not hostages, but remain there voluntarily. The church building and all able-bodied servants who have a duty to maintain and protect it ARE hostages.

[The Great Satan]

It's an Islamic thing. Remember Saddam's "guests" during the run-up to Desert Storm?