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Thread #79041   Message #1475997
Posted By: Ebbie
01-May-05 - 05:55 PM
Thread Name: BS: Italian Journalist shot by GIs in Iraq
Subject: RE: BS: Italian Journalist shot by GIs in Iraq
As dianavan said, Italy plans to release its report tomorrow.

FRANCES D'EMILIO, Associated Press Writer/ Yahoo News
1 hour, 10 minutes ago

"ROME - Italy will publish its own report Monday on the U.S. killing of an Italian intelligence agent after the two countries could not agree on the circumstances of last month's shooting at an American checkpoint in Baghdad.

"Italy said its report into the March 4 "friendly fire" shooting death of agent Nicola Calipari will focus on the problems of coordinating with Americans in    Iraq and the rules of conduct for U.S. troops at checkpoints.

"The Foreign Ministry document will be released two days after the U.S. military said its investigation had cleared American soldiers of wrongdoing in the checkpoint shooting that also injured Giuliana Sgrena, the Italian journalist that Calipari had just freed from insurgents.

"Italian newspapers published what they said were extracts of the report Sunday, with Italian investigators concluding that U.S. authorities were informed of the operation several hours before the shooting and were told of Sgrena's release 25 minutes before Calipari was killed."