Posted on 03/05/2005 6:21:41 PM PST by Lessismore
She didn't want to be questioned by the pro-American Iraqis.
Wonder why.
Didn't they run a road block? (rhetorical question)
Let me think about this one. You threaten one of my soldiers and you die. What was the question again?
Damn!!! Missed her!!
Get on the clue train Silvio. If Socialist and Red Party groups want to vent their spleen on the US - that's not news. Neither is the fact that cars speeding toward US troops in present day Iraq are typically car bombs.
It's pretty obvious that the driver who tried to run the roadblock is responsible for the consequences, despite the rantings of the anti-American left both here and abroad.
I don't think the Italians want to admit that their people's actions may have caused this incident. It's unfortunate, but in war zones unfortunate things sometimes happen. I would hope that our people did not act outside the rules of engagement, but I suppose anything is possible.
I will wait for the full report. As of now, the U.S. troops acted within their mandate. It remains to be proven otherwise.
This is a sad incident. I do not approve of paying ransom for hostages. This only encourages future kidnappings. I am not convinced a ransom was paid at this point.
I'm glad she is safe but it does seem that they didn't coordinate with the Americans nor had a armored humnvee escort then.....what would they have us do.......invite them in for tea????????
Wasn't there some talk about whether she had acually been kidnapped or not?
Let's see. She's still alive. She wasn't driving, so she didn't threaten anyone. A senior Italian intelligence agent is dead. Another Italian agent is critically wounded. One of the last European coalition members is pissed. The conservative Berlusconi is under severe pressure from his electorate.
A really wonderful turn of events.
Something about this has my spidey sense tingling. Could this be some crazy martyrdom operation to drive a wedge in the coalition?
I don't put anything past the lefties anymore....
I wish only this disgusting b*tch had been the one who died, just like her terrorist brothers whom she so revered and praised in her Communist rag for 2 years.
It makes my heart sink that such a brave man should die protecting someone so unworthy of his sacrifice. My prayers go out for the family of this fine man. But my most bitter enmity and hopes for a slow and painful recovery go out to this scum of the earth Sgrena, who wrote thousands of words in praise of those who have the blood of our soldiers--and Italian soldiers too--on their hands.
The Italian people should be ashamed of themselves for honoring her in any way. She is a piece of excrement.
This will supply some fresh material for the America haters our there. Of course they will ignore the fact that the car was speeding and failed to stop and car bombs are common in Iraq, but that's okay for them. Since when do Communists and anti-Americans care about facts?
Well, if what she says is true, then how can she be alive? If they'd been under fire from an armored vehicle as she claims, wouldn't the entire car have been ripped apart from the hundreds of bullets fired?
If those agents were going to pick up the journalist and take her to Baghdad Airport, they should have taken the steps to previously coordinate their actions with all American unit commanders along their intended route.
In the modern battle field of instant death for a two second lapse of judgment, IFF (Identification Friend or Foe) is Rule Number One for Staying Alive.
The Italian agents, of all people, should have realized that approaching a U.S. checkpoint without IFF and at a high rate of speed and refusing to stop would earn them an immediate Darwin Award.
Most of Europe has been at peace for too long and Europeans have lost the basic skills to survive in a battlefield.
Now there's a very credible story. /sarc
well maybe for the most part but the lefties are no where to be found in Iraq.....the media is left up to it's own devices.....they know the risks......we report....you decide..
Exactly. 300 to 400 bullets on a car would have killed everyone in it.
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