France, Italy and Germany pay $45 million to jihadi kidnappers

Documents reveal how much each country paid to kidnappers in Iraq.

I can't say I'm surprised. Here are the details:

WHAT THEY PAID

FRANCE $25 million

Florence Aubenas: held for 157 days, freed June 2005. Ransom $10 million

Christian Chesnot and Georges Malbrunot: freed December 2004. Ransom $15 million

ITALY $11 million

Giuliana Segrena: taken February 2005, freed March 2005. Ransom $6 million

Simona Pari and Simona Torretta: taken September 2004, freed 20 days later. Ransom $5 million.

GERMANY $8 million

Susanne Ostloff: taken November 25, 2005, and freed three weeks later. Ransom $3 million

Rene Braunlich and Thomas Nitzschke: taken January 24, 2006, and freed on May 2. Ransom $5 million.