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02 May 2005 11:56:35 PM |
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US satellite recorded checkpoint shooting, shows speed of Italian car: |
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20050429/pl_afp/italyusiraqsatellite_050429162837;_ylt=Arjg3cLaI9SskuMfdpXZv8GsOrgF;_ylu=X3oDMTBiMW04NW9mBHNlYwMlJVRPUCUl
US satellite recorded checkpoint shooting, shows speed of Italian car:
CBS Fri Apr 29,12:28 PM ET
A US satellite reportedly recorded a checkpoint shooting in Iraq last
month, enabling investigators to reconstruct how fast a car carrying a
top Italian intelligence official and a freed hostage was traveling
when US troops opened fire.
The report, which aired Thursday on CBS News, said US investigators
concluded from the recording that the car was traveling at a speed of
more than 60 miles (96 km) per hour.
Giuliana Sgrena has said the car was traveling at a normal speed of
about 30 miles an hour when the soldiers opened fired, wounding her and
killing Nicola Calipari, the Italian agent who had just secured her
release from a month's captivity.
US soldiers said at the time of the March 4 incident that the car
approached at a high rate of speed and that they fired only after it
failed to respond to hand signals, flashing bright lights and warning
shots.
The conflicting accounts were among a number of differences that have
prevented US and Italian authorities from reaching agreement on what
happened.
CBS, citing Pentagon officials, said the satellite recording enabled
investigators to reconstruct the event without having to rely on the
eyewitness accounts.
It said the soldiers manning the checkpoint first spotted the Italian
car when it was 137 yards (meters) away. By the time they opened fire
and brought the car to a halt, it was 46 yards (meters) away. CBS said
that happened in less than three seconds, which meant the car had to be
going over 60 miles an hour.
CBS said Italian investigators refused to accept that the Americans
were justified in shooting so quickly, arguing among other things that
the checkpoint was not properly marked.
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| User: "Ken [NY]" |
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| Title: Re: US satellite recorded checkpoint shooting, shows speed of Italian car: |
03 May 2005 06:50:10 AM |
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On Tue, 3 May 2005 00:56:35 -0400, "pm" <pedro1940@progression.net>
claims:
The report, which aired Thursday on CBS News, said US investigators
concluded from the recording that the car was traveling at a speed of
more than 60 miles (96 km) per hour.
Giuliana Sgrena has said the car was traveling at a normal speed of
about 30 miles an hour when the soldiers opened fired
From an anti-American communist? Sure...
Cordially,
Ken (NY)
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