"Italian intelligence decided to free Sgrena paying a sum to the kidnappers without informing American colleagues in Iraq who, if they had known about this, would have had to oppose it, to have impeded the operation," sources said. "If this was the case, it could explain why American intelligence had not informed the American military commands about the operation and thus the patrol did not expect the car with the Italians."
it's unbelievable to me that the italians (especially the communist journalist) are trying to take the high ground in this. the 6 million euros they spent for Sgrena's release are going to be used to kill people. they decided not to tell the americans about the operation, because they knew that (for some reason) the americans would object. and then they're indignant when their truck, which the american soldiers had no information about, was fired on, by people who have learned to stay alive by firing on mysterious trucks.
and Sgrena's version of events is even more ridiculous. instead of the obvious scenario above, we're supposed to believe, with no proof whatsoever, that the evil american troops decided to have this woman killed, after the deal was already done, just out of spite. and when that didn't work, they said, to hell with it, just let her go back to italy.
the real kicker is that unfortunate accidents happen all the time, but this one is getting more press than the fact that the italians are GIVING CASH TO TERRORISTS.
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