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Italian Journalist Shooting Deteriorates into He Said, She Said
The National Ledger ^ | March 6, 2005

Posted on 03/06/2005 2:32:06 PM PST by Coastal

Communist newspaper reporter Giuliana Sgrena is back in Italy and she is giving her version of the events that led to the shooting death of Italian intelligence officer Nicola Calipari. Calipari was riding in a car with the reporter after she was released from the Islamofascists that had held her captive when they were fired upon by American soldiers at a Military checkpoint in Iraq.

The U.S. Military states that the car was speeding toward the checkpoint and ignored warning shots and other various signals for the car to stop as it approached. The U.S. Military released this statement, "Soldiers shot into the engine block after trying to warn the driver to stop by "by hand-and-arm signals, flashing white lights, and firing warning shots in front of the car."

But Giuliana Sgrena is telling a different story.

The communist newspaper reporter for Il Manifesto says she refuses to rule out that the shooting was deliberate. "The fact that the Americans don't want negotiations to free the hostages is known," Sgrena told Sky Italia TV. So I don't see why I should rule out that I could have been the target."

She offers no proof.

(Excerpt) Read more at nationalledger.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs
KEYWORDS: communistnewspaper; italianjournalist; sgrena; usmilitary
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1 posted on 03/06/2005 2:32:07 PM PST by Coastal
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To: Coastal

The commie b*tch is lying.


2 posted on 03/06/2005 2:33:00 PM PST by Spruce
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To: Coastal

Hardly he said, she said. Sounds like the MSM is just realizing it bought another pig in a poke...


3 posted on 03/06/2005 2:33:25 PM PST by mewzilla (Has CBS retracted the story yet?)
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To: Coastal
She also claims that 300-400 rounds were fired at the car. Here's a pic:
4 posted on 03/06/2005 2:35:17 PM PST by Coastal
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To: mewzilla
Congratulations again to MSM - you just bought a PIG IN A POKE:


5 posted on 03/06/2005 2:36:26 PM PST by Enterprise (President George W. Bush - the leading insurgent detergent.)
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To: Enterprise

LOL!!! They never learn.


6 posted on 03/06/2005 2:38:12 PM PST by mewzilla (Has CBS retracted the story yet?)
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To: Coastal

That's not really a picture of the car, is it?


7 posted on 03/06/2005 2:38:36 PM PST by saquin
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To: Coastal
Italian authorities are starting to realize that this b***ch is overplaying her hand:

Communications Minister Maurizio Gasparri urged Sgrena to be more careful about what she said.

"I understand the emotion of these hours, but those who have been under stress in the past few weeks should pull themselves together and avoid saying nonsense," ANSA quoted Gasparri as saying.

Associated Press

8 posted on 03/06/2005 2:40:17 PM PST by saquin
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To: Coastal
She also claims that 300-400 rounds were fired at the car. Here's a pic:

Ummmm.....The bullets all went throw the same hole.

It's a Robin Hood thing.

9 posted on 03/06/2005 2:40:24 PM PST by Polybius
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To: Coastal

Since she's a communist I see no reason to believe anything she says...


10 posted on 03/06/2005 2:40:41 PM PST by clintonh8r (Heteronormative and PROUD!!)
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To: Coastal
....I don't see why I should rule out that I could have been the target."

Because if you were the target, you would be dead.

SO9

11 posted on 03/06/2005 2:41:59 PM PST by Servant of the 9 (Trust Me)
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To: Coastal

Okay...windshield not destroyed, no bullet holes there, headlights mostly intact...lets count...

1...

2...

3...

4...


12 posted on 03/06/2005 2:42:00 PM PST by rlmorel (Teresa Heinz-Kerry, better known as Kerry's "Noisy Two Legged ATM")
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To: Coastal

She claims the car wasn't going very fast, but let's be realistic here. If I'd just been released from being held by terrorists, I'd be speeding my ass as fast as I could, to get the hell out of the country.


13 posted on 03/06/2005 2:42:53 PM PST by mass55th (Courage is being scared to death - but saddling up anyway~~John Wayne)
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To: saquin
Italian authorities are starting to realize that this b***ch is overplaying her hand...

Too late...

14 posted on 03/06/2005 2:42:55 PM PST by mewzilla (Has CBS retracted the story yet?)
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To: rlmorel

By the way...can anyone find a real picture of the car???


15 posted on 03/06/2005 2:43:22 PM PST by rlmorel (Teresa Heinz-Kerry, better known as Kerry's "Noisy Two Legged ATM")
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To: Coastal

300-400 rounds would have turned her into hamburger. The mere fact that she is alive shows that she is lieing.


16 posted on 03/06/2005 2:43:36 PM PST by keithtoo (Defeat Le' Partie' Democratique)
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To: Coastal

And we are surprised by this because...? *Scratches Head*


17 posted on 03/06/2005 2:44:07 PM PST by Diana in Wisconsin (Save The Earth. It's The Only Planet With Chocolate.)
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To: Spruce

Well, the commie trash IS a much better target than a military intelligence officer. Thus, the refutation of her claim is that it would require an abominable marksmanship, too substandard even to be considered.


18 posted on 03/06/2005 2:45:35 PM PST by GSlob
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To: Coastal

Did they accidentally hit a camel as they were speeding toward that last checkpoint? LOL!


19 posted on 03/06/2005 2:46:09 PM PST by Diana in Wisconsin (Save The Earth. It's The Only Planet With Chocolate.)
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To: Coastal

"The Americans turned me into a newt!"

"Ah got better"

20 posted on 03/06/2005 2:47:12 PM PST by keithtoo (Defeat Le' Partie' Democratique)
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