Posted on 04/30/2005 4:04:18 PM PDT by Deetes
I believe our guys.
This and they were going 50 MPH faster than everybody else ...
Makes me wonder whether they tried to martyr themselves.
That conforms with the picture we all saw of the relatively unscathed car and doesn't conform with Ms. Sgrena's account of the car being "destroyed" by "hundreds of bullets"; so many that she was scooping up handfuls of bullets from the backseat. Her credibility, already low, is now approaching zero.
As do I, and the evidence is piling up that they are telling the complete truth.
http://exposingtheleft.blogspot.com/2005/04/another-sgrena-lie.html
Ms. Sgrena, a reporter for the left-wing daily newspaper Il Manifesto
Sgrena is a Commie....and by default..a Liar.
It is most likely She ordered the driver to not stop, because Arrogant Socialists think they are Gods.
It is too bad the driver was the one to Die.
Italy is sinking into the stench filled crap-hole of Communism.
they should have gave Her the welcome that they gave musolini's Girlfriend.
2 bullet holes = hail of gunfire?
Thanks NYT for not disapointing.
They didn't slow down until hit,the driver was distracted,they were traveling at 50mph.....Troops could of turned that vehicle into swiss cheese.If i didn't know better,i'd think they wanted to get shot.
Italian driver + Gen. Officer not letting anyone know WTF was going on + leftist journalista + newbies on roadblock = FUBAR.
"The incident helped focus attention on the risks that Iraqis face at American checkpoints"
And, of course, the American media ignore the danger *solidiers* face manning the checkpoints.
What should they do, allow speeding cars into the checkpoints?
Let's put this reporter on a checkpoint for a day and then see what he thinks.
The driver didn't die - the intelligence agent died.
This article did.
What should they do, allow speeding cars into the checkpoints?
Nope.
Let's put this reporter on a checkpoint for a day and then see what he thinks.
He might welcome the opportunity. Write him and challenge him!
The reporter might agree with the US military's report:
The report also recommended that the military use more signs and enhanced lighting to warn drivers that they are approaching a checkpoint.
"the American media ignore the danger soldiers face manning the check points."Exactly.If i were a soldier manning a ck point,and a speeding vehicle was comming at me that refused to stop,i'd start shooting.What if that had been a carbomb?
"Italian driver + Gen. Officer not letting anyone know WTF was going on + leftist journalista + newbies on roadblock = FUBAR."
That's how I see it.... one soldier, probably a newbie, emptied his M16 at a fast-moving car that didn't respond as planned. Probably the Iraqis knew to approach at 10 mph w/ hands up. The Italian, though, probably thought that his Mercedes didn't look like a terrorist vehicle, and he was driving to safe ground as fast as he could.
Even though there was a death Sgrena will attack and attack and attack with this incident as her fuel.She is probably glad it happened in spite of her "grief".
That isn't what the story says. Here is the quote, followed by an explanation if you really don't understand it.
"The car was traveling about 50 miles per hour - faster than other cars that night - as it approached the checkpoint and did not slow until struck by the bullets, the report said."
To restructure the sentence for you to make it easier to read:
'The car was traveling about 50 miles per hour as it approached the checkpoint - - faster than other cars that night'.
One thing missing from the story. Was the general an American, an Italian, or something else?
To elaborate on that further. This was before the Italian incident and there was a news story that the car transferring the French hostages to freedom had to turn back and return to their captors because of US roadblock.
Think about that for a second. Why not just let the hostages out of the car and they can walk up to the Americans with their hands in the air? The media was trying to put across the idea that it was because of Americans that these French hostages were still captive.
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