[marron]

What was the Italian "spook" who was killed doing there in the first place?

Negotiating her release.

In any case, the Italians have nearly 3000 troops there, so they are bound to have some intel guys there.

But, they would be familiar with the airport road, and the checkpoints, and used to working with American soldiers, which makes what happened very strange.

[verity]

I saw "somewhere" where this spook was a rather senior operator. Oh, well. I guess the Italics do it differently.

[JimVT]

In any case, the Italians have nearly 3000 troops there...

So why didn't the Italians go get their 'journalist'.

What the hell the Nazis rescued Mussolini!