April 26, 2005
TURN THE OTHER:
'A slap in the face' as US clears troops who killed hostage hero (Richard Owen, 4/27/05, Times of London)
A FIERCE row erupted in Italy yesterday after a US military investigation cleared American soldiers of any wrongdoing in the killing of a top Italian intelligence agent as he escorted a hostage to safety.The US Ambassador to Rome was summoned for urgent talks with Silvio Berlusconi, the Italian Prime Minister, while opponents of the war in Iraq condemned the draft US report as a “slap in the face” for Italy.
In a sign of how deep Italian anger was running over the exoneration by Washington of its troops, Italy was reported to be drawing up a “counter report” pinning the blame on the US.
Italian anger? That hasn't scared anyone in, what, 1500 years? Posted by Orrin Judd at April 26, 2005 11:43 PM
What a joke! Theyre lucky anyone survived speeding up to a US Army roadblock.
With the number of brave men and women that have been killed by suicide bombers and the like I for one am amazed that anyone got out of the car.
As one poster said at the time of this incident, if our military wanted to kill la Signora, she would be dead.
Posted by: erp at April 27, 2005 5:54 AM"Italian anger? That hasn't scared anyone in, what, 1500 years"
Well, then again there was Capone's Valentine Day massacre. So the potential is there.
Posted by: h-man at April 27, 2005 8:38 AMThe brave agent in charge was a fool and they know it. It will all blow over.
Careful with the national slurs; we now have two Americans of Italian descent in charge of the entire US Armed Forces.
Posted by: Genecis at April 27, 2005 11:49 AMThey're Americans.
Posted by: oj at April 27, 2005 11:53 AMHasn't been that long since Canossa
Posted by: Harry Eagar at April 27, 2005 4:12 PMtoo long.
Posted by: oj at April 27, 2005 4:18 PM