Kidnappers take hostage taking to the next level

Well, it seems like the Iraqi militants have now decided that hostage taking is a legitimate method for changing government policy, even if it is unrelated to Iraqi foreign policy. Specifically a group has kidnapped some French civilians and has given France 48 hrs to get rid of its ban on headscarves in public schools.

Now, everyone knows that the French like to capitulate in the face of even the smallest threat but one hopes that even they will not give in to demands such as that (even if I am personally opposed to the ban). I guess the good that will come out of this is that countries will finally realize that no one should EVER negotiate with kidnappers since it just encourages the practice