Word: sgrena
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...reconstruction of the shooting - including the speed of the car in which Calipari traveled and disputes over whether U.S. troops used warning signals - meant the U.S. military would not assume responsibility for the death of Calipari, a man hailed as a national hero for saving journalist Giuliana Sgrena, who'd been held hostage for a month in Iraq. Former Italian Foreign Minister Gianni De Michelis told Time that the disputed findings could potentially fracture the alliance in Iraq. "This can only be good for the Italian opposition and for European anti-American sentiment in general," said De Michelis, who advises...
Just a week after U.S. troops in Iraq killed Italian agent Nicola Calipari and wounded freed hostage Giuliana Sgrena, a similar incident emerged involving another U.S. ally: Bulgaria. On the evening that the Italians were shot, U.S. troops near the Iraqi city of Diwaniya killed a Bulgarian soldier, Gurdi Gurdev, whose patrol had stopped 150 m short of a U.S. checkpoint without realizing it was there. The Bulgarians, according to a letter posted on the Web by a "combat buddy" of the deceased, fired warning shots at a civilian Iraqi vehicle that was approaching them. "The Americans didn't know...
INJURED. GIULIANA SGRENA, 56, Italian journalist abducted in Baghdad in early February; by gunfire from U.S. soldiers guarding a checkpoint, who shot at the car taking her to the airport after her release; in Baghdad. Nicola Calipari, an intelligence officer who had negotiated her release, was killed in trying to protect her. Pentagon officials said the soldiers had not been informed of the release and had signaled in vain for the car to stop. U.S. President George W. Bush expressed "regret" for the attack, while a stunned Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi said, "We were turned to stone...
INJURED. GIULIANA SGRENA, 56, Italian journalist abducted in Baghdad in early February; with shrapnel wounds from gunfire by U.S. soldiers guarding a checkpoint, who fired at the car ferrying her to safety after her release; in Baghdad. Nicola Calipari, an intelligence officer who had negotiated her release, was killed trying to protect her. Pentagon officials said the soldiers had not been told of the release and signaled in vain for the car to stop. Though President Bush expressed regret, a stunned Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi said, "We were turned to stone" by the news. "We must have an explanation...