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06 Mar 2005 03:51:44 PM |
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Body of Slain Italian Agent Gets Hero's Welcome |
Body of Slain Italian Agent Gets Hero's Welcome
Sat Mar 5, 2005 07:42 PM ET
By Christiano Corvino
ROME (Reuters) - The body of an Italian secret service agent shot by
U.S. forces in Iraq was flown home to a hero's welcome early on Sunday
amid mounting anger in Italy over his killing.
Agent Nicola Calipari died while shielding reporter Giuliana Sgrena,
just freed after a month held hostage, from U.S. troops who opened
fire on their car near Baghdad airport.
Sgrena was wounded in the attack and flew back to Italy on Saturday
for medical care. She rejected a statement by the U.S. military that
its forces had fired on the Italians because their car was speeding
toward a checkpoint.
Calipari's coffin arrived at Rome's Ciampino airport at midnight
aboard a C-130 military plane. His wife, mother and daughter broke
down in tears as his casket, draped in an Italian flag, was carried
out by a guard of honor.
President Carlo Azeglio Ciampi held both hands up to the coffin,
standing motionless in front of the body for almost two minutes before
allowing it to be placed in a hearse.
Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, government ministers and clergy
looked on, while 5 of Italy's 7 national television stations broadcast
the return live, underscoring the huge sense of shock and disbelief in
Italy over the killing.
Italy has proved one of President Bush's most fervent allies in
Europe, but Calipari's death has put a strain on relations and Rome
has demanded a full investigation.
The U.S. military said its forces shot at the car on Friday evening
after flashing lights and firing warning shots to try to get it to
stop.
Italy's minister for parliamentary relations, Carlo Giovanardi, told
state television on Saturday that he did not believe the U.S. version
of events.
NO WARNING
Sgrena, a 57-year-old award-winning war reporter who was taken hostage
on Feb. 4. while conducting interviews in Baghdad, said there had been
no warning from the U.S. forces.
"We thought the danger was over after my release to the Italians but
all of a sudden there was this shoot-out, we were hit by a barrage of
bullets," she told RAI TV by telephone.
She was hit in the shoulder by a bullet during the assault, while
Calipari, who had been instrumental in securing her release, was hit
in the head as he tried to cover her.
"He leaned over me, probably to protect me, and then he slumped down,
and I saw he was dead," she said.
In comments reported by ANSA news agency, Sgrena told Rome
investigating magistrates during a debriefing that the car was not
going fast and there had been no fixed checkpoint.
"The firing was not justified by the speed of our car," she said,
adding it was traveling at a "regular" speed.
The shooting could rekindle anti-war sentiment in Italy, where public
opinion opposed the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq.
Berlusconi defied public opinion by sending 3,000 soldiers to Iraq
after the U.S.-led invasion in March 2003 and has rejected past calls
to withdraw the troops.
Italy's center-left, which hopes to unseat Berlusconi next year in
elections and to weaken his standing at local government polls next
month, is campaigning on a platform of withdrawing.
"All of us, all 57 million Italians were united as we waited and hoped
that Giuliana Sgrena would be freed. Now we have the right to know
what happened after her freedom," said center-left leader Romano
Prodi, ex-president of the European Commission.
Calipari's body will lie in state on Sunday in the Vittoriano monument
in central Rome. He will receive a state funeral on Monday.
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| User: "Meteorite Debris" |
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| Title: Re: Body of Slain Italian Agent Gets Hero's Welcome |
07 Mar 2005 07:20:52 PM |
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On Sun, 06 Mar 2005 21:51:44 GMT the ET form known as Fredric L.
Rice<FRice@SkepticTank.ORG> sent a radio signal across the vast
expanse of deep space -._.--._.--._.--._.--._.--._.
Body of Slain Italian Agent Gets Hero's Welcome
Sat Mar 5, 2005 07:42 PM ET
By Christiano Corvino
ROME (Reuters) - The body of an Italian secret service agent shot by
U.S. forces in Iraq was flown home to a hero's welcome early on Sunday
amid mounting anger in Italy over his killing.
About time the Italians booted Berlusconi out of office. He is Italy's
equivalent of Ruppert Murdoch, the owner of most private media in
Italy and effectively the CEO of Italy's public media too. Imagine the
owner of Fox, the above mentioned Murdoch, probably the ugliest
Australian ever born now turned US citizen so he can play Citizen
Kane, being president of the USA. I feel sorry for most Italians
having such a colossal Jerk as Berlusconi as PM.
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epicurus1*at*optusnet*dot*com*dot*au
apatriot #1, atheist #1417,
Chief EAC prophet
Jason Gastrich is praying for me on 8 January 2009
http://members.optusnet.com.au/~pk1956/
Apatriotism Yahoo Group
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/apatriotism
Sunday: A day given over by Americans to wishing that they themselves
were dead and in Heaven, and that their neighbors were dead and in
Hell.
-Mencken
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| User: "desertphile@hot mail. com Desertphile, American Patriot" |
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| Title: Re: Body of Slain Italian Agent Gets Hero's Welcome |
07 Mar 2005 10:15:16 AM |
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On Sun, 06 Mar 2005 21:51:44 GMT, (Fredric
L. Rice) wrote:
Body of Slain Italian Agent Gets Hero's Welcome
Sat Mar 5, 2005 07:42 PM ET
By Christiano Corvino
ROME (Reuters) - The body of an Italian secret service agent shot by
U.S. forces in Iraq was flown home to a hero's welcome early on Sunday
amid mounting anger in Italy over his killing.
It pisses me off to see Bush2 and his invasion creating more
enemies of America--- the country I love.
Agent Nicola Calipari died while shielding reporter Giuliana Sgrena,
just freed after a month held hostage, from U.S. troops who opened
fire on their car near Baghdad airport.
Witnesses report that the American insurgents just opened up and
shot up the automobile for no other reason than they wanted to
kill everyone inside. The automobile had passed a half-dozen
check-points and all of the insurgents knew who was in it.
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"One must be reasonable in one's demands on life. For myself, all that I
ask is: (1) accurate information; (2) coherent knowledge; (3) deep
understanding; (4) infinite loving wisdom; (5) no more kidney stones,
please." -- Edward Abbey
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| User: "Christopher A. Lee" |
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| Title: Re: Body of Slain Italian Agent Gets Hero's Welcome |
07 Mar 2005 10:28:16 AM |
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On Mon, 07 Mar 2005 16:15:16 GMT, desertphile@hot mail. com
(Desertphile, American Patriot) wrote:
On Sun, 06 Mar 2005 21:51:44 GMT, (Fredric
L. Rice) wrote:
Body of Slain Italian Agent Gets Hero's Welcome
Sat Mar 5, 2005 07:42 PM ET
By Christiano Corvino
ROME (Reuters) - The body of an Italian secret service agent shot by
U.S. forces in Iraq was flown home to a hero's welcome early on Sunday
amid mounting anger in Italy over his killing.
It pisses me off to see Bush2 and his invasion creating more
enemies of America--- the country I love.
Agent Nicola Calipari died while shielding reporter Giuliana Sgrena,
just freed after a month held hostage, from U.S. troops who opened
fire on their car near Baghdad airport.
Witnesses report that the American insurgents just opened up and
shot up the automobile for no other reason than they wanted to
kill everyone inside. The automobile had passed a half-dozen
check-points and all of the insurgents knew who was in it.
Well, they do kill journalists who don't report the US line.
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| User: "desertphile@hot mail. com Desertphile, American Patriot" |
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| Title: Re: Body of Slain Italian Agent Gets Hero's Welcome |
07 Mar 2005 02:17:00 PM |
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On Mon, 07 Mar 2005 11:28:16 -0500, Christopher A. Lee
<calee@optonline.net> wrote:
On Mon, 07 Mar 2005 16:15:16 GMT, desertphile@hot mail. com
(Desertphile, American Patriot) wrote:
Witnesses report that the American insurgents just opened up and
shot up the automobile for no other reason than they wanted to
kill everyone inside. The automobile had passed a half-dozen
check-points and all of the insurgents knew who was in it.
Well, they do kill journalists who don't report the US line.
The USA bombed to death British reporters at the start of the
invasion, claiming "They were warned to leave."
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"The response to my books from my East Coast friends has been wildly
various, running the gamut from 'bad' to 'very bad.' (Is there another
gamut?)" -- Edward Abbey
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| User: "Meteorite Debris" |
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| Title: Re: Body of Slain Italian Agent Gets Hero's Welcome |
07 Mar 2005 07:27:34 PM |
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On Mon, 07 Mar 2005 20:17:00 GMT the ET form known as
desertphile@hot<desertphile@hot> sent a radio signal across the vast
expanse of deep space -._.--._.--._.--._.--._.--._.
On Mon, 07 Mar 2005 11:28:16 -0500, Christopher A. Lee
<calee@optonline.net> wrote:
On Mon, 07 Mar 2005 16:15:16 GMT, desertphile@hot mail. com
(Desertphile, American Patriot) wrote:
Witnesses report that the American insurgents just opened up and
shot up the automobile for no other reason than they wanted to
kill everyone inside. The automobile had passed a half-dozen
check-points and all of the insurgents knew who was in it.
Well, they do kill journalists who don't report the US line.
The USA bombed to death British reporters at the start of the
invasion, claiming "They were warned to leave."
They shelled the al Jazeera office in Baghdad and electronically sniff
for satellite up links from unembedded journalists and assign such
targets for bombing. The not so subtle message from the Pentagon is
'embed or die'.
At the end of the day the focus is on the profit needs of Halliburton,
Exxon and Bectel. For this 100,000 people have been killed.
--
epicurus1*at*optusnet*dot*com*dot*au
apatriot #1, atheist #1417,
Chief EAC prophet
Jason Gastrich is praying for me on 8 January 2009
http://members.optusnet.com.au/~pk1956/
Apatriotism Yahoo Group
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/apatriotism
Sunday: A day given over by Americans to wishing that they themselves
were dead and in Heaven, and that their neighbors were dead and in
Hell.
-Mencken
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| User: "Fredric L. Rice" |
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| Title: Re: Body of Slain Italian Agent Gets Hero's Welcome |
09 Mar 2005 02:17:26 AM |
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desertphile@hot mail. com (Desertphile, American Patriot) wrote:
On Mon, 07 Mar 2005 11:28:16 -0500, Christopher A. Lee
<calee@optonline.net> wrote:
On Mon, 07 Mar 2005 16:15:16 GMT, desertphile@hot mail. com
(Desertphile, American Patriot) wrote:
Witnesses report that the American insurgents just opened up and
shot up the automobile for no other reason than they wanted to
kill everyone inside. The automobile had passed a half-dozen
check-points and all of the insurgents knew who was in it.
Well, they do kill journalists who don't report the US line.
The USA bombed to death British reporters at the start of the
invasion, claiming "They were warned to leave."
The fascists threatened anyone who transmitted with murder. When the
few foreign news services who hadn't been either killed or run off by
the terrorists demanded they had the right to report and they would
inform the terrorists about their location before they transmitted,
the terrorists told them they would be shelled anyway even after they
identified themselves.
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Scientology murder: http://PerkinsTragedy.org
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| User: "Fredric L. Rice" |
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| Title: Re: Body of Slain Italian Agent Gets Hero's Welcome |
09 Mar 2005 02:17:25 AM |
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desertphile@hot mail. com (Desertphile, American Patriot) wrote:
On Sun, 06 Mar 2005 21:51:44 GMT, (Fredric L. Rice) wrote:
Body of Slain Italian Agent Gets Hero's Welcome
Sat Mar 5, 2005 07:42 PM ET By Christiano Corvino
ROME (Reuters) - The body of an Italian secret service agent shot by
U.S. forces in Iraq was flown home to a hero's welcome early on Sunday
amid mounting anger in Italy over his killing.
It pisses me off to see Bush2 and his invasion creating more
enemies of America--- the country I love.
Hopefully Italy will divest itself of its dealings with this fascist
regime. They apparently forgot what happened to them the last time
they threw in their lot with mass murdering fascists.
Agent Nicola Calipari died while shielding reporter Giuliana Sgrena,
just freed after a month held hostage, from U.S. troops who opened
fire on their car near Baghdad airport.
Witnesses report that the American insurgents just opened up and
shot up the automobile for no other reason than they wanted to
kill everyone inside. The automobile had passed a half-dozen
check-points and all of the insurgents knew who was in it.
The terrorists knew she was covering their atrocities in Falluja and
they had been alerted to the fact that she was passed through the last
checkpoint. She was 700 meters past the last checkpoint when the
fascists tried to murder her.
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Scientology crooks: http://sf.irk.ru/www/ot3/otiii-gif.html
Scientology murder: http://PerkinsTragedy.org
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