Too late to unravel the truth?

[IndianaGreen]

This incident was discussed extensively in DU at the time it happened. Not surprisingly, there was a DU contingent that defended the US version of events.

Too late to unravel the truth?

December 11, 2009

Italian journalist Giuliana Sgrena was shot and nearly killed by a U.S. soldier in Iraq on March 4, 2005, just hours after she was released by Iraqi insurgents who had kidnapped her. Nicola Calipari, the Italian intelligence agent who helped negotiate her release, was killed while shielding Sgrena from U.S. gunfire that raked their car as they traveled toward the Baghdad airport.

In 2007, a trial in absentia began in Italy for the U.S. soldier who fired on the car--Spc. Mario Lozano of the U.S. Army's 69th Infantry Regiment. The U.S. refused to hand over Lozano and dismissed all calls from the Italian government for action. The trial was later suspended after a judge ruled that the Italian court didn't have jurisdiction.

In her book Friendly Fire, Sgrena recounted her story of being kidnapped in Iraq, rescued by agents of the Italian government, and then shot by U.S. forces.

Here, she addresses an open letter to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, calling for justice.

Read more at http://socialistworker.org/2009/12/11/too-late-unravel-truth

[Andronex]

1. And you can imagine if this was an ordinary Iraq citizen...

this would not be an issue of any importance, like the estimated 1 million dead civilians, Iraq is a free killing zone for American soldiers, support the troops, right!

[Mithreal]

2. Justice is getting scarce.