Italian (communist) journalist seeks G.I. shooter

The New York Daily News ^ | 23 June 2006 | Juan Gonzalez

[Kitten Festival]

The New York Daily News forgot to mention that Sgrena writes for the communist party newspaper of Italy and has a longtime grudge against U.S. troops in Iraq. As for that poor military checkpoint man, I can't imagine the disgust at this freak hunting him down for her Oprahfests cum anti-American propaganda rallies while an Italian prosecutor is charging him with murder. She's lying through her Marxist teeth when she says the prosecutor means no harm (read that piece, it will make you barf) and about all her peace and love crap, I heard the interview on the radio, she's a committed Marxist and out to bring down George Bush. She's another Sheehan.

[MNJohnnie]

Only if he gets to shoot her again.

[John Robertson]

Only if he gets to shoot her again.



Spot-on brilliant. It precludes any further comment from anybody. Thanks.

[wideawake]

He should have his lawyer send her a letter, enclosing a restraining order, that reads "My client apologizes for his lapse in marksmanship."

[Non-Sequitur]

"I think that it would be useful for him and for me to have an exchange of opinion,"

I think it would not.

I notice that she's nowhere near Iraq where her sorry ass could get snatched again.

[cripplecreek]

Maybe she'll ask why he didn't finish her off when he had the chance. She does say that the marines wanted her dead. (I've been waiting for an explanation to that million dollar question for a while)

[SamuraiScot]

a friendly fire mistake

That was no mistake. That was procedure when some jerk is trying to run a checkpoint, no exceptions.

And she's not a friendly anyway.

[lormand]

Spec. Mario Lozano needs better marksmanship training.

The only good communist is a dead communist.

[magslinger]

"My client apologizes for his lapse in marksmanship."

Thanks, my monitor needed cleaning.

[DustyMoment]

Bad idea. I wouldn't come within 100 miles of her if I were that soldier. She's a liar and an anti-American. Tell her to take her traveling roadshow and go home.

[metesky]

Sure, terrible things are bound to happen in any war, especially in a military occupation by a foreign force that has little in common with the local population. But the magnitude of civilian carnage caused by our own troops in Iraq is truly frightening.

The Big Lie, Juan, The Big Lie, you scum!

[JingoJim]

Love to see that meeting. Mario does need a little marksmanship refresher however.

[absolootezer0]

Spec. Mario Lozano needs better marksmanship training.

sounds like he needs target priority training. killed the intelligence officer, but only wounded the commie journalist (collapsed her lung tho, musta been a decent shot). problem is, he seems to have missed the driver completely.

[RonF]

How is it that this soldier's name and picture were released to the public?

[bboop]

Only if she says THANK YOU and nothing more.

[bboop]

Yes, I do not understand why he has been named publicly.

[1rudeboy]

Let's see how badly she wants to meet. Invite her to a good ol' Texas pig roast and inform her that photos will be taken.

[Captain Rhino]

The shooter is probably on another tour in Iraq or Afghanistan. Maybe she should go back for a rematch...err ...a meeting.

[wideawake]

I notice that she's nowhere near Iraq where her sorry ass could get snatched again.

A relative of mine, who knows some of the US principals involved, is firm in his opinion that her "abduction" was a fundraising and publicity exercise.

Her communist publication was already supporting the terrorists in Iraq with laudatory articles and had raised money for them in the same way that Code Pink has raised money for terrorists - by claiming they were sending funds to a local civilian relief organization which is in actuality a front for al-Qaeda.

My contact believes that Communist sympathizers in the Italian foreign service (and there are many: until the Partito Communista Italiana changed its name following the fall of the Berlin Wall it regularly received 30%+ of the popular vote) and Sgrena's party bosses arranged the whole event in the knowledge that the Italian government was willing to pay ransom.

He thinks that Sgrena did it for the attendant publicity and the terrorists did it for the cash, and that the whole driving the car through the checkpoint without stopping stunt was meant to provoke a non-fatal international incident - the death of one of the passengers was something they did not plan on.

He thinks that they intended to run the checkpoint in the assumption that they would be chased down and incarcerated, so Sgrena could claim that the terrorists kidnapped her out of desperation and treated her well, but that the Americans arrested her for no real reason and treated her poorly.

The whole thing was a paid vacation for her and planned out from the beginning.

[Kitten Festival]

Good point. The NY Daily News, in addition to forgetting to mention that Miss Sgrena was a communist, also forgot to mention that the Italian government paid a ransom for her.