Actually, it was their stupid strobe lights.
That crack about Eason is uncalled for.
The Italians want out, the Bathists want America embarrassed, and they are in Italy as well.
The woman is a anti American journalist, and Eason was pushing this idea i Europe about intentionally targeting journalists. All the funny business going on in Spain and Italy politically have created some connections for all these dots of interest.
Sure, accidents happen. But that car had some supposedly cool and experienced heads. These things don't happen with cool heads in charge. One wonders if the driver had a second set of instructions, or if the woman was pushing them to do what they did.
In any case, we have nothing to apologize for, and that is what they want.
This incident will cause no changes at that checkpoint, and if it does, we are the fools.
Let's wait for the facts to come out before reaching the conclusion that we have nothing to apologize for. Obviously, there was some miscommunication and misunderstandings, which need to resolved. As I stated previously, the Italian intelligence agents operating the vehicle were not on a suicide mission, regardless of who was a passenger in the car. I don't believe that the Italian government cooked up the incident to hasten the departure of Italian forces from Iraq.