the Americans don't want you to return."

[drummer55]

March 6, 2005 (from Il Manifesto)—I am still in the darkness. Last Friday was the most dramatic day of my life since I was abducted.

I had just spoken with my abductors, who for days kept telling me I would be released. So I was living in wait. They said things that I would understand only later. They talked of transfer related problems. I had learned to understand which way the wind blew from the attitude of my two "sentinels," the two fellows who watched over me every day—especially one of them, who attended to my requests, was incredibly bold. In the attempt to understand what was going on, I provocatively asked him if he was happy because I would go away or because I would stay. I was surprised and happy when, for the first time, he told me, "I only know you will go, but I don't know when."



more at


http://www.onlinejournal.com/Media/030605Sgrena/030605sgrena.html

[Eric J in MN]

1. If the US soldiers had orders to kill everyone in the car, then

why didn't they?

[NYC]

2. Firing more than 300 bullets, they certainly tried.

[anarchy1999]

4. The Secret Service Italian Agent/General threw his body on top of

her. That is the only reason she survived. IMHO.

And yes, whoever was in charge of that op, they did try hard. They goofed. Whoops! And by then it was too late to finish the job. I'm certain between the Italians waiting at the airport and the conversation being held on the phone with Berlusconi's office they (whoever "they" were) could not finish the job and get away with it.

FUBAR in Iraq, just one more time.

[FreedomAngel82]

5. Was the other

guy who saved her in the car or did he jump out from nowhere?

[Swamp Rat]

3. If their refusal a failure, then the bulk of the blame belongs to Bush.

To the Hague! :grr: