Those were my thoughts as yet in another military action against civilians, in this case during the escort of the Italian journalist Giuliana Sgrena out of Iraq, US forces were found "not culpable".
In a BBC World News article, Italian hostage blasts US report, Ms Sgrena described the US investigators' findings as a "slap in the face".
The incident involves the shooting of the vehicle transporting Ms Sgrena and her escort, Italian agent Nicola Calipari who helped secure her release, as they approached a checkpoint even though Italy had made advance contacts with the US for safe passage. Mr Calipari was shot dead as he threw himself over Ms Sgrena to protect her when the shooting started.
Ms Sgrena disputes the details of the report (Differing accounts).
We'll see how much political clout Italy has to reverse the findings of the US military. Don't plan on expecting any changes to the findings any time soon.
Interesting comment from the Signs of the Times site:
The information that Sgrena and Calipari were not traveling on the main highway to the airport, but on a road reserved for traffic that had been secured by American authorities tends to belie the American version of events. It is not a fact that has been widely reported in the US where many pundits discredit Sgrena's testimony because she is a journalist for a communist newspaper.
It is clear from the start that the US authorities would exonerate the troops. It might lead to the unearthing of unpleasant facts about the shooting, such as that it was planned in advance. Sgrena had been working on an article about the war crimes at Fallujah.
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