Geez...........What an idiot I've been.
Working my butt off my whole life the old fashioned way when all I needed to do was kidnap an Italian. < /sarcasm>
Posted on 03/06/2005 5:01:22 AM PST by Crackingham
Italian hostage Giuliana Sgrena, shot and wounded after being freed in Iraq, said Sunday U.S. forces may have deliberately targeted her because Washington opposed Italy's policy of dealing with kidnappers.
She offered no evidence for her claim, but the sentiment reflected growing anger in Italy over the conduct of the war, which has claimed more than 20 Italian lives, including the secret agent who rescued her moments before being killed.
Friday evening's killing of the agent and wounding of the journalist, who worked for a communist daily, has sparked tension with Italy's U.S. allies and put pressure on Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi to take a hard line with President Bush.
The United States has promised a full investigation into incident, in which soldiers fired on the Italians' car as it approached Baghdad airport Friday evening.
The U.S. military says the car was speeding toward a checkpoint and ignored warning shots, an explanation denied by government ministers and the driver of the car.
Speaking from her hospital bed where she is being treated, Sgrena told Sky Italia TV it was possible the soldiers had targeted her because Washington opposes Italy's dealings with kidnappers that may include ransom payments.
"The United States doesn't approve of this (ransom) policy and so they try to stop it in any way possible."
According to Italy's leading daily Corriere della Sera, the driver, an unidentified Italian agent, said: "We were driving slowly, about 40-50 km/h (25-30 mph)."
In a harrowing account of her ordeal, Sgrena wrote in Sunday's Il Manifesto newspaper that the secret agent, Nicola Calipari, saved her life by shielding her with his body.
"Nicola threw himself on to protect me and then suddenly I heard his last breath as he died on top of me," she wrote.
Hmmmm....I'm guessing she was a guest of the hostage takers, rather than a kidnap victim. A setup from the getgo.
February 14, 2005
Sgrena Hostage Hoax Update
As predicted, Giuliana Sgrena's Italian Communist newspaper Il Manifesto condemns hostage taking. Yes, taking their employee was bad. Of course, that is not nearly as bad as the US occupation. Background on why this whole thing is a farce here. Translation from the terrorist supporting site Uruknet:
"Truly moving is the involvement of the Iraqi people in Giuliana Sgrena's ordeal," writes Il Manifesto's correspondent from Baghdad, Stefano Chiarini. "Suffering daily abuses and violence from occupation forces or their proxies, the Iraqis themselves are subjected to routine hostage-taking by the occupiers. If the father is not at home, they arrest his son, or brother, or other relative. Under the pretext of looking for arms, American soldiers and their Iraqi trainees look for jewels and money . And, yet, the whole country has mobilised for the liberation of Giuliana."
Sgrena comes from a long line of anti-Americans. As reported in the previous story, her father is a member of the Communist party. The report also confirms that she was a sixties radical opposed to all US efforts since her days in college. Posted by Dr. Rusty Shackleford at February 14, 2005 10:06 AM | TrackBack | Blogroll mypetjawa!
U.S. Rejects Commie Reporter's Version of Iraq Shooting.
LOL! That was my reaction to her purported claim in the first sentence of the article too.
NEEDED TO BE REPEATED.
During my Navy days, I was aboard aircraft during a carrier takeoff and landing and aboard an Army helo practicing combat maneuvers. I also once rode an Italian taxi from the Naples train station to my Naval duty station.
The only time I feared for my life was during that Napolitan taxi cab ride. A red light signified "Lean on the horn and proceed through the intersection at 25 MPH".
Thank you for that information. I didn't know that. I'm glad the U.S. is standing behind our troops. If Italy wants to bail out on us because of this .. so be it!
America is always wrong until someone needs us to defend them.
Anmerica is always wrong until someone needs us to defend them.
You are sooooooooo right.
Geez...........What an idiot I've been.
Working my butt off my whole life the old fashioned way when all I needed to do was kidnap an Italian. < /sarcasm>
She works for a paper called communist daily ??
That should have about as much effect as the Pope throwin Holy Water on a Protestant.. Laughter and disreguard.. hopefully..
Hit too soon.
Where in this story does it state the Italian government rejected our account? This woman doesn't speak for the government!
Reuters is playing it's anti-troops message again.
"It sounds like Sgrena is now the voice of Italy; who needs a government when you can have a communist mouthpiece."
That's what I was thinking. How in God's name can the headline say "Italy rejects ..." when it's obviously this lying bitch who is "rejecting" it.
This woman and her idiotic newspaper is going to ruthlessly exploit the Secret Service agent's death, who probably thought Sgrana was an ass anyway.
Folks....this artcle is from the reliably America hating Reuters.
Reuters does NOT speak for the Italian people -- they usually speak for the French and the Arabs.
Reuters has been unable to see any good from from ANY action by Americans...
Ignore the Communist and Islamist ass kissing Sonsofbitches at Reuters
Semper Fi
"If it was still traveling at 30 mph 50 feet from the check point, my only complaint is that our brave fighting men and women didn't pull that commie bitch out of the car and execute her on the spot."
A highly enlightening comment sir, and I gather, fairly representative of the consenus around here.
I'll put the life of a single American soldier over 1000 media reporters. The troops did what they had to do to protect themselves, end of story. Next!
That said, she went one step further in accusing our guys of trying to actually kill her. As all here know, there would have been no "trying" had that been the case.
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