Or of course, you could just let the enemy have their way with you and not be around to fight another day. I'd sure rather have a living Arab Christian here helping out than another martyr. Had he not deceived the enemy, he'd just have been another statistic in the body count, and no one would have known his story at all -- or even have the 1st person testimony that the terrorists were specifically looking to kill Christians. That's very useful first hand knowledge to trumpet around the world. Enough of these and maybe even the Europeans and American Democrats might take notice (well, that's probably a stretch). Martyrs are no good at all in helping with the fight at hand.
You're seriously going to tell me this wasn't known before the Al Khobar massacre?
Ever hear of MEMRI? I suggest you go over there sometime and read the Friday Prayers that are posted there.