at a US checkpoint.
Freed Italian Hostage 'Wounded', Negotiator Killed, by US Fire
ROME - Freed Italian journalist Giuliana Sgrena was wounded when US troops opened fire on a convoy carrying her to safety, and an Italian negotiator who helped secure her release was killed, according to Italian media.
Italy's Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi confirmed that Sgrena had been wounded and an Italian secret service agent killed by US troops at a coalition checkpoint in Iraq.
U.S. forces fired at a car carrying Italian reporter Giuliana Sgrena shortly after her liberation, wounding some of the passengers, the journalist's newspaper said March 4, 2005. Sgrena, who was kidnapped in Baghdad, February 4, 2005 as she conducted interviews on the street, is seen in this undated handout photo. (Reuters - Handout)
The journalist was taken to a US-run hospital for treatment for wounds to her shoulder after her vehicle was fired on by US troops at a coalition checkpoint, her newspaper said, adding that the 54-year-old journalist's life was not in danger.
The negotiator, an Italian secret service agent, was shot dead in the incident as he tried to protect Sgrena, the paper said.
rest of the article here...if anyone cares....
http://www.commondreams.org/headlines05/0304-08.htm
Will this article even make it to the US media?
Makes you wonder how many Iraqi Citizens are killed at US checkpoints daily.