"She has created enormous problems for the government and also caused grief that perhaps was better avoided," Justice Minister Roberto Castelli told reporters in Bologna.
Italian intelligence agent Nicola Calipari was shot dead by U.S. forces as he shielded the newly freed hostage while taking her to the airport.
Sgrena herself said in interviews this week that had she been more cautious in Baghdad, she perhaps would not have been kidnapped in the first place.
The award-winning war reporter, who works for Communist newspaper Il Manifesto, was abducted as she conducted interviews outside Baghdad University and held for a month.
Many Italians have been irked by her descriptions of her kidnappers. She said they were not killers and that she may have over-dramatised her videotaped appeal from captivity for Italy to withdraw its 3,000 troops from Iraq.
She sobbed in the video and begged her family and the government to do something to save her life.
"Sgrena, I think, should perhaps be more careful. She has said a load of nonsense, speaks somewhat carelessly and makes careless comments," Castelli said.
The US army says Sgrena's vehicle sped toward the checkpoint outside the airport and ignored warning shots, an explanation rejected by Rome and the car's driver.
Italy's centre-right government, while rejecting any hint that the shooting was intentional, has until now largely refrained from directly criticising Sgrena.
Sgrena has told ANSA news agency she does not expect official inquiries into the incident to produce results "because we know how they end up".
She also complained of being treated unfairly.
"I feel like I'm being accused for being kidnapped and then saved," Sgrena said, speaking from a Rome hospital, where she is undergoing treatment for her injuries.
what a nut
A Moderator may or may not want to pull this, (I just noticed, it's somewhat of a duplicate)
But it sure is SWEET ;>
Finally ! someone in charge told this commie twit to shut up. bout time.
One says the the US intentionally targeted her for death (only to pull her from the car and give her prompt medical attention) because she is a Commie and against US actions in the war, even though her death would have been a major diplomatic blow to US Interests.
Theory two is that she is a Commie who hates the US and sides with the "insurgents" who worked with her to stage her own kidnapping in order to gain $6 million in ransom from the Italian government while gaining her world-wide fame.
Hmmmmm. I wonder which theory is more plausible?
'Bout time. Was this the first time any official of Berlusconi's government publicly spoke out against Sgrena?
Seems like they were careless not to tell us they were coming. Careless not to stop.
Very, very nice:
Looks like the "Thorough Joint Investigation" of this incident is bearing fruit.
Hope they expose this commie bit#4@!& for the liar she is.
She's not "careless", she simply has an anti-US agenda.
I like the "shudda-up-you face, already " response, from the Justice minister.
No, you're being accused of being a total idiot because you ARE!!! Go pound sand, wench.
I think the Italian government has handled this very well. They called for an investigation, and they let this Communist twit shoot her mouth off until everyone got sick and tired of hearing it. Now they can criticize her and no one can accuse them of being mean about it.
Very smart. Good for Berlusconi and good for the U.S.
"Sgrena, I think, should perhaps be more careful. She has said a load of nonsense, speaks somewhat carelessly and makes careless comments," Castelli said.
Now that's an understatement. What a looney toon.
Thank you to the Italian justice minister for stating the truth about this commie hag. My only regret is that this Marxist, America-hating harpy lived and the brave intelligence agent, a man Sgrena probably despised for serving the security needs of Italy, had to die to save her worthless life.
I hear that Sgrena is being nominated for the Eason Jordan Award for Truth in Journalism.
I find it interesting that even Reuters title was more accurate than the EXTREMELY MISLEADING title of the MSN - here's what Reuters says:
"ITALIAN MINISTER REBUKES HOSTAGE SHOT BY US TROOPS"
>>>>"I feel like I'm being accused for being kidnapped and then saved," Sgrena said<<<<<
You werent kidnapped, you were part of the plot. You werent saved because you were never in danger.
You succeeded in getting a good man killed and placing 6 million dollars in your friends pockets.
You need killing , but it probably wont happen.
I don't think the Americans wanted her dead but it's sounding like the Italians just might. Or are wishing they'd have cut a big enough check for the terrorists to agree to keep her.
Sgrena should be in JAIL (keep her there for life!) for causing someone's death and almost starting an international incident!
Over-dramatized??? Unless the videotaped appeal was staged, that's unlikely. Now I'm wondering, was this whole kidnapping and videotaped appeal merely a sham? How would she have known her captors were not killers at the time of her "capture"? I think they need to thoroughly investigate her.
And, if this whole thing was staged, and the Italian government was paying a ransom, were they in on it (in other words, financing the terrorists), or was it solely Comrade Sgrena's idea?
I feel sorry for Nicola Calipari and his family (unless he was a commie too).
But I don't think I would have shielded this commie wench media whore, much less have gone on the mission to begin with.
If I were a U.S. Secret Service agent when Clinton was in office I would have had trouble there too, except you're shielding the Office of the President as much as the man.
Still, I hate what Clinton did to the honor of the Presidency so much, would probably have asked for other duties or resigned (I don't think an ex-Secret Service agent has much trouble finding gainful and more lucrative employment).
But this bleep was just a commie mouthpiece.