Italian journalist shot by U.S. troops leaves Rome hospital

[sabra]

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http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/iraq/2005-03-24-italy-iraq_x.htm

Italian journalist shot by U.S. troops leaves Rome hospital

ROME (AP) — A journalist who was held hostage in Iraq for a month and later shot by U.S. troops as she was being driven to freedom was released Thursday from the hospital, where she was treated for a wound to her shoulder.

The Italian journalist from the newspaper Il Manifesto has undergone two operations after suffering a wound in her shoulder from shots fired by U.S. troops at a checkpoint near Baghdad's airport on March 4. Nicola Calipari, an Italian security agent traveling with Sgrena, was killed by the gunfire, and another one driving the car was injured.

Meanwhile, Italian newspapers reported Thursday that the justice minister has asked U.S. authorities to release the car so it can be examined by Italian ballistics experts.

Justice Minister Roberto Castelli sent an official request to the U.S. Justice Department on Wednesday to have the vehicle released, the Corriere della Sera and La Repubblica dailies reported.

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[SodoffBush]

1. Long hospital stay, by US standards

American doctors would have slapped Sgrena into consciousness and thrown her into the backseat of a taxi shortly after surgery.

[meganmonkey]

2. And we still won't let the Italians see the car...

Why do we get away with this kind of shit?

[Cocoa]

4. "security concerns"

The papers said the request came after the U.S. command in Iraq reportedly blocked two Italian policemen from examining the car, citing security concerns. On Wednesday, the U.S. military in Baghdad said it did not have information on that report by Corriere della Sera.

[glitch]

3. My first read of the headline was that she was shot AGAIN as she left the

Rome hospital. And I was not incredulous, just clicked on the link to see the source.
Amazing, what a lovely reality bushco has created.

[blue4barb]

5. And if the car is magically surrendered, does anyone really think

it hasn't been "doctored" with by now?

[Straight Shooter]

6. I wish her a long, fulfilling, and happy life.

I also wish, before her life is over, that the truth will be unveiled and she is vindicated in her justifiable accusations against the United States.