It's Monday night and Ms. Sgrena is making charges that the US targeted her because it disapproves of ransoming the captives taken by insurgent/terrorist/kidnappers.

1) I agree that it is a poor not to say counterproductive policy to ransom such captives.
2) I really doubt that the US targets ransomed captives, particularly as a roadside target.
3) The 'journalist' in question has volunteered this as an unfounded accusation which calls into question her status as a journalist.
4) During an interview with her admittedly bad English a couple days ago, she said she was in the back seat. Now she says she knows what speed they were doing as well as the fact that there were no warnings from the Americans.

So I'm sensing some serious bogosity on the part of Ms Sgrena.

For their part the Americans say it was an impromptu checkpoint, which they do many times for many reasons, this time because there was an American government official due at the airport.

I agrew with Raedwulf that there are no impartial humans involved in this affair, and unless it was on tape we'll never know. But a good man is gone and the spin is gaining momentum.