Newsgroup: it.politica
Titolo: Sgrena e commenti degli americani.......

Wednesday, April 13, 2005
:: Investigation Clears Soldiers In Giuliana Sgrena Checkpoint Shooting (11:59PM)
NBC News is reporting that the preliminary report from a joint U.S.-Italian team investigating the shooting of Italian journalist
Giuliana Sgrena and intelligence agent Nicola Calipari has cleared the U.S soldiers of any wrongdoing.
Intelligence agent Calipari had just negotiated Sgrena's release from Iraqi kidnappers on March 4 when the two and a driver headed
for the Baghdad airport in a compact rental car.
It was dark when the Italians turned onto a ramp leading to the airport road where the U.S. military had set up a temporary
checkpoint.
The investigation found the car was about 130 yards from the checkpoint when the soldiers flashed their lights as a warning to stop.
But the car kept coming and, at 90 yards, warning shots were fired. At 65 yards, when the car failed to stop, the soldiers used
lethal force - a machine gun burst that killed Calipari and wounded Sgrena and the driver.
The investigation failed, however, to resolve one critical dispute: The Americans claim the car was racing toward the checkpoint at
about 50 miles per hour, the Italians say it was traveling at a much slower speed.
In Italy, agent Calipari was given a state funeral, but the investigation found he himself may have committed a fatal error. He
reportedly chose not to coordinate his movements with the U.S. military for fear it would jeopardize his efforts to free the Italian
hostage.
The details of the investigation match the military's version of events, and contradict the many differing versions of the the story
that Sgrena has offered.
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Comments (7)
- The only reason she was even rescued is because the Communist party knew she would get them 10 million dollars worth of
anti-American press.....
::Big Bang Hunter
Ever try to estimate the speed of an object at night?
Without a radar gun, no one could know.
Failure to coordinate is the real problem that was causative if the report is to be believed - and I see no reason not to. Its a
lead cause of most friendly fire incidents. The responsibility lies with the Italians on that.
::epador
All I read was the title and said "Thank God."
Amen.
Cindy
::thfirstbrokenangel
thank god get this trash out of my news. there was no news. we already know the soldiers involved had no malicious intent anywhere.
::Henry
Anyone else think the lack of coverage on this report is...strange? The WaPo, the NY Times, the Globe and the LA Times have nothing.
Wasn't the entire world in an uproar when this happened; now that they're found not-guilty, nobody covers it?
::trb
I'm sure you'll find it in all the major papers. Page 8D, behind the "Living" section.
::Greg
Dan Rather did a story on 60 minutes last night. They showed S(tupid)grena weeping at the loss of her "comrade". She's so full of
shit. I hope she (they) get(s) hers(theirs) in the end...
::LJD
http://wizbangblog.com/pda.php

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Azz..la conoscono pure loro!!! 

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Ma anche li i media......hanno taciuto chi era la Sgrena....vedi il mio 3d precedente CyberAlert......ciao
Clas

clas e' un MERCENARIO ,quindi posta cio' che gli 
ordina il suo padrone a prescindere dalla 
verita',ma perseguendo esclusivamente gli 
interessi del suo padrone