ROME, Italy (CNN) — The Italian Red Cross has said it treated four “presumed Iraqi terrorists” at its Baghdad hospital to secure the release of two kidnapped Italian aid workers, according to a media report.
Maurizio Scelli, the outgoing commissioner of the aid organization, is reported to have said the deal to free the two women — Simona Pari and Simona Torretta — was kept secret from U.S. officials.