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Thread #79041   Message #1469711
Posted By: McGrath of Harlow
24-Apr-05 - 08:32 PM
Thread Name: BS: Italian Journalist shot by GIs in Iraq
Subject: RE: BS: Italian Journalist shot by GIs in Iraq
Leaving aside other points, "an aerial photograph with red markings on it" is in principle quite an accurate sort of map. A lot harder to adjust than a drawn map. (In fact the aaccount given in that rather questionable site goes against the other suggestions quoted earlier that the road used was not the main road, but a special one reserved for official use. But that doesn't necessarily mean much.

I'm hoping that reliable independent journalists or similar will dig away at this and come up with the facts behind the spins and counter spins. Anything coming out of an "official inquiry" will inevitably be pretty suspect. (That would even apply to any offical Italian inquiry, given the nature of the current Italian administration.)