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Italy mourns at state funeral of 'hero' intelligence officer
Telegraph Online ^ | 07/03/2005 | Unknown

Posted on 03/07/2005 5:10:50 AM PST by Anglo

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To: Anglo

Nicola Calipari, the intelligence expert, should have had the intelligence to clear the way for their exit. Not sure how good an agent he was , so far it appears he was a bag man for delivery of ransom money. As for the old Skank I am not sure if she was a hostage or not.


21 posted on 03/07/2005 5:54:07 AM PST by sgtbono2002
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To: Anglo

I see in this story that this officer was a hero shielding her with his body.

God bless his soul.


22 posted on 03/07/2005 5:54:52 AM PST by WestCoastGal ("Certainly, there is no place like home" | *~~*~~* | Welcome Home Martha!! :-)
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To: At_a_distance; Anglo; hiredhand

"Why the quotes around the word hero?"

That is the way the Telegraph wrote the headline:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2005/03/07/uitaly.xml&sSheet=/portal/2005/03/07/ixportaltop.html


23 posted on 03/07/2005 5:55:01 AM PST by MeekOneGOP (There is only one GOOD 'RAT: one that has been voted OUT of POWER !! Straight ticket GOP!)
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To: hiredhand

I spent a little time trying to find a photo of the real car, and it's amazingly hard to find. I haven't found one yet.

Probably impossible for now. I 'spect the car is under lock & key & 24 hr. guard in a dark warehouse somewhere in Baghdad. Some surreptitious photos will eventually surface; we'll have to wait.

24 posted on 03/07/2005 5:55:03 AM PST by elli1
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To: elli1
Probably impossible for now. I 'spect the car is under lock & key & 24 hr. guard in a dark warehouse somewhere in Baghdad. Some surreptitious photos will eventually surface; we'll have to wait.

Your probably correct. I don't think most people want to see a car IF it was struck with several hundred rounds. I personally suspect, it was no more than 100 or so, but even that can make a mess out of a vehicle...and most people just don't want to see it.....especially if somebody died in it.
25 posted on 03/07/2005 5:58:33 AM PST by hiredhand (Pudge the Indestructible Kitty lives at http://www.justonemorefarm.com)
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To: MHalblaub

The 'American checkpoint' was about 1000 feet in front of Baghdad airport.

Are you saying that the incident happened w/in 1000 feet of the Baghdad airport? How did you learn this?

All I've seen reported is that it happened 'near' the airport & I've been curious about what 'near' means.

26 posted on 03/07/2005 6:01:37 AM PST by elli1
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To: sgtbono2002

Good points.


27 posted on 03/07/2005 6:04:10 AM PST by txrangerette
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To: shezza

Something tells that if someone is a secret agent, and just had spent couple of millions of dollars to get someone out of the terrorists hands, recently passed some other checkpoints on the Baghdad Airport road, can not be THAT stupid to just speed up for fun at the last checkpoint...

So this gong to be 'unsolved' for the time being...

I can not imagine 'independent' investigations on the war on terror. (remember? you are with us or against us...)



28 posted on 03/07/2005 6:05:10 AM PST by bozot
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To: hiredhand

I agree--I don't care to see it either. That said, there is a market for that sort of thing. Probably the rag that Sgrena writes for would love to paste them across their front page.


29 posted on 03/07/2005 6:07:53 AM PST by elli1
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To: elli1

One of those is the car she was kidnapped from one month ago.


30 posted on 03/07/2005 6:10:41 AM PST by dennisw (Seeing as how this is a .44 magnum, the most powerful handgun in the world .........)
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To: dennisw

Thank you for that info. That explains things. (The two photos aren't of the same car, are they? I don't know much about cars--I'm doing good to find my own car in the WMT parking lot. But one of them looks General Motorsish to me & the other one reminds me of a Subaru--but I don't think it's a Soob.)


31 posted on 03/07/2005 6:20:13 AM PST by elli1
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To: elli1

I guess many questions would be answered by examining the car.

The distance from the checkpoint, the number of rounds fired at it, were they fired after the car was stopped by the shot to the engin block or before stb...

I guess that the US military's credibility also depends on whenever sharing this info with the wider public or not...


32 posted on 03/07/2005 6:23:54 AM PST by bozot
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To: MeekOneGOP

Oh my. I want to hit the idiot editor who wrote that title with a blunt object.


33 posted on 03/07/2005 6:25:00 AM PST by At_a_distance
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To: elli1

Hi, this will help with the car photos.


http://littlegreenfootballs.com/weblog/?entry=14962_Maybe_All_400_Bullets_Missed#comments


34 posted on 03/07/2005 6:36:05 AM PST by dennisw (Seeing as how this is a .44 magnum, the most powerful handgun in the world .........)
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To: hiredhand; MHalblaub; 4mycountry; TheBigB; VRWCmember; Zavien Doombringer; jriemer; mhking; ...
I just spent a little time going through your postings, and I think you're a troll.



35 posted on 03/07/2005 7:26:54 AM PST by MeekOneGOP (There is only one GOOD 'RAT: one that has been voted OUT of POWER !! Straight ticket GOP!)
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To: At_a_distance
Oh my. I want to hit the idiot editor who wrote that title with a blunt object.

The Dick Cheney method!


36 posted on 03/07/2005 7:29:36 AM PST by MeekOneGOP (There is only one GOOD 'RAT: one that has been voted OUT of POWER !! Straight ticket GOP!)
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To: Anglo
Miss Sgrena, a reporter for the Communist daily Il Manifesto, charged yesterday that U.S. forces might have deliberately targeted her because Washington opposes Italy's policy of dealing with kidnappers.

BS. If they really wanted her to be pushing up daisies at this point in time, she'd be pushing.....

37 posted on 03/07/2005 7:35:33 AM PST by b4its2late (This is like deja vu all over again.)
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To: MHalblaub

Tell the insurgents it's over. You twit.


38 posted on 03/07/2005 7:39:01 AM PST by Conspiracy Guy (Reading is fundamental. Comprehension is optional.)
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To: dennisw

Hi, this will help with the car photos. (LGF link)

It certainly do. Thanx a bunch. And allow me one shrieking ''GOOD GRIEF!!!''

I feel better now. :)

39 posted on 03/07/2005 7:39:11 AM PST by elli1
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MHalblaub's Posting History

Troll suspicions confirmed, lock on target!


40 posted on 03/07/2005 7:40:33 AM PST by TBarnett34 ("Unnngh!" -John F'n Kerry, 11/2/04)
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