1 Unless maybe we're arming our soldiers with .22s? Well last time I qualified with the M-16A2 the bullets they gave me were .223. So yeah we do arm our soldiers with .22s. Also neither tanks nor Bradleys have .30mm mounted guns. The M1s and Bradleys have 7.62mm guns, while the M1 has a .50 caliber machine gun and the Bradley has a 25mm Canon.

2 I think LGF's headline for this story says it best - "Liars Interviewing Liars About Lies".

3 Sgrena is lucky to be alive after the horrors she went through.

4 Italian newspapers are complaining that the U.S. has blocked access to the car in which Calipari, Sgrena and the second agent were shot. The car is property of the Italian government as they have purchased the car from the Iraqi rental car company. Ballistic experts from Rome were denied the right to inspect the Toyota, and the demand from the Italian government for immediate access remains unanswered. Bush, Rumsfeld and the US ambassador in Rome all promised a quick investigation of the shooting, with maximum cooperation from the US, in answer to Berlusconi's very public declaration that someone has to be held responsible for the shooting. The original promises all held to a one-month time frame for the investigation to be completed, around the beginning of April. To this day Italy does not know the names of the US soldiers who shot and killed one of the directors of SISMI, and have no idea when the ballistic experts can examine the car. The US certainly knows that the public ministers of Rome have opened investigations on the homicide of Nicola Calipari and the attempted homicide of Giuliana Sgrena. Italians are left with the clear impression that the US is denying evidence to the ministers in order to stop their investigations. Today Corriere della Sera broke the story that the soldiers who killed Calipari, and wounded the other passengers, would not face a court martial, thus denying once again the names of those responsible for the actual shooting. Today Secretary of State Rice and Italian Foreign Secretary Fini, on an official visit in Washington, announced that the investigation is going forward, and that rather than hurriedly completing the work, it would be better to take more time to arrive at shared conclusion. Thanks to the testimony of the surviving secret agent, and General Marioli, and the photos of the car shown on television, Italians know that the car was not speeding; the interior dome light was on; Calipari had notified General Marioli at the Baghdad airport of his return; General Marioli promptly alerted the US liaison officer, who already knew that Italian agents were in Baghdad and would be returning sometime that evening; there was no warning prior to the shooting; the shots came as they were completing a curve in the road; the shots came simultaneously with a blinding light directed at the driver by the patrol; the shooters were part of a mobile check point for Negroponte who had already passed by on the road an hour, or half-hour before; the shots were from the rear and right side; one shot was from the front and went through the front windshield near the driver; the motor block was not shot up; Calipari was killed by a single shot to the head; Sgrena was wounded in the lung, shoulder and collar bone; the driver was wounded; the driver saw tracer bullers pass in front of his chest, and above his legs; and all passenger seats in the car had bullet holes in the upholstery on the back rests. I don't think that too many are willing to believe it was just an accident.

5 The bitch is nothing but an Italian Collin Baber. Every story by the likes of this Anna are negated by more stories from people that are not commie sympathizers. As far as the commie bitch Sgrena to bad they missed. I wound'nt have.

6 I agree with Dan, nothing like professional liars telling the world whose a liar. It´s their expertise.

7 The bitch is nothing but an Italian Collin Baber. Every story by the likes of this Anna are negated by more stories from people that are not commie sympathizers. As far as the commie bitch Sgrena to bad they missed. I wouldn't have.

8 If the military would have meant to kill the commie they would have. The fact that she survived is proof it was not a preconceived plan and purposely done. The fault lies with her and her faked kidnapping. Just more silly lies from professional liars.

9 Sgrena reported valuable information about the massive human tragedy in Falluja. As people were gunned down in the streets and eaten by dogs, America was gushing at pictures of Marlboro Man soldier. According to Greyrooster, his own son Scott was part of the Falluja human hunt. What did Scott say about what troops under his command did?

10 No, Collin, Sgrena had been publishing false stories about Fallujah. That is "valuable" only to the terrorist enemy, of which you are clearly a sympathiser.

11 Anna, Our GIs didn't put a slug in her brain when they found her, and that's proof enough that Sgrena's just a commie trying to tarnish our military. What's your excuse.

12 Also neither tanks nor Bradleys have .30mm mounted guns. The M1s and Bradleys have 7.62mm guns, Ummm.... It's .30 caliber, not .30mm. And .30 Caliber IS 7.62mm And while it's true that the 5.56mm NATO round is .223 Caliber, and thus almost identical in *diameter* to a .22 round, the .22 LR round that Rusty meant is considerably different -- enough that at least *I* got the point.

13 Dear Robin, As an apostate of the bizarre Bushian War Cult, I do my best to find out the reality of the situation. What some rabid armchair patriots cheer as "kicking ass" against "Satan" in Falluja, I find to be a horrible slaughter of human beings.

14 NBC has already leaked the preliminary report of the joint Italian-American investigation. They concluded that the Americans were telling the truth, with the only quibble being the speed of the car. The investigation found that Calipari didn't coordinate the mission with the US military. I posted about this here.

15 Bzzzzzzzzzzzzzzt. Wrong. She wasn't lying. You're only showing the photos of the car from the front and the side. You're missing these: http://bodyandsoul.typepad.com/blog/2005/03/rear_view.html Perhaps you could explain how the intelligence agent was shot to death in a car that wasn't fired upon? Stop swallowing the Kool-Aid, man.

16 Carla, perhaps you can explain why she's still alive.

17 It's amazing to see how the Left manages to "support the troops" and be patriotic while at the same time accusing those very troops of murder. Amazing. You're vile.

18 No, Collin, you do not try to find out the 'reality' of anything. Instead you traffic in falsehood. Rusty has already demonstrated Sgrena's lies in stories about Fallujah.

19 Dear Robin, We can find out what happened if Greyrooster's son provides a first-hand account of what transpired in Falluja.

20 Collin, if she was targeted for assassination, and if those troops found her, why is she still alive. Answer.

21 We already did judge this and proved she was wrong and whomever was driving didn't follow the rules of the road over there especially when coming to a checkpoint. Bitch. Cindy

22 WHY IS SGRENA CUNT STILL ALIVE.

23 Dear Carlos, Perhaps it is the will of God?

24 Collin, no doubt. And the will of our GIs, whom you call murderers. Why didn't they kill her on the spot? Cat got your tongue? And do you also claim to "support the troops"? You see, I've always known those claims were a lie. How bout you fess up already. What's with the Left that you can't quite admit to the truth, because if you did the American people would hate you more than it already does. Stop lying about what you really believe.

25 Scott say his guys won. Just like they were sent to do. They killed or attempted to kill anyone that attempted to kill them. He has over two hundred proud marines that do their job for the sake of humanity. Some back home are to cowardly to. Some are to traitorous to. Some give aid and comfort to the enemy. I can only hope my son the Marine Capt. and his comrades will come home and finish the job. It is on their minds. There are computers in Iraq.

26 Dear Carlos, Thank you for your questions. These are difficult times and emotions run high. We will never know the answer to so many questions in our short lives. "Supporting the troops" to me would be simply to facilitate their return back to the United States so that they may be reunited with their families who love them.

27 Dear Greyrooster, "I can only hope my son the Marine Capt. and his comrades will come home and finish the job. It is on their minds. There are computers in Iraq." This person is confused about what is meant by the above phrase. Would you be willing to elaborate?

28 Oh yeah, that woman was saved by the Italian secret agent driving the car and your idiot soldiers shot him and nearly got her killed as well. Tragic event, great loss for the civilized world, now Italian soldiers are allowed to kill all your secret agents looking suspicious, naanaanaa.

29 I'd like to see this italian ditch witch polygraphed, not just about the check point, but about this whole "kidnapping affair" I have a gut hunch that she set the whole thing up, from day one.

30 A few years back a U.S. Military armored vehicle crushed two schoolgirls to death and the soldiers involved were cleared too.

31 Carla, the photos you cite are interior photos. The only thing I see is blood and glass. Sgrena is lying.

32 Collin, and rightly so, because it was an accident. Clearly, this also was an accident, or Sgrena wouldn't be alive to spew her malicious slander. If Sgrena set up this "kidnapping", then she's responsible for that man's death.

33 Carlos: "The person guilty of staging this kidnapping should be brought to trial."

34 Collin, you seem to be having trouble understanding simple concepts like "accident". More of your lack of contact with reality, no doubt.

35 To those that are taking the word of Sgrena, what do you make of the fact that she kept changing her story?

36 They just ignore it, Defense Guy, because their point isn't truth, its just America bashing.

37 I don't trust anything people remember about stressful situations with things happening fast, but I saw the dead Italian agent, the shotup car and the hysteric newswoman crawling out of the car and being ordered to get down on the sand in the security cam footage from the check point (Yup, they actually broadcasted it in national television news here). And I didn't SEE warnings before they started shooting at the car. However, there was NO SOUND, since it is just regular security cam footage, so it is possible, that they might have told them to stop in English or Arabic with big speakers.

38 I think Sgrena, who upon being fired at, went into the "am I going to die ?" mode and has her facts confused. But when the Sgrena car went through the first check point the Americans should have radioed ahead to inform their fellows that a car with a hostage was on the way heading for the airport. Sloppy work on the part of the Americans.

39 >>>"Sloppy work on the part of the Americans." There's a world of difference between sloppy vs intentionally targeting her for assassination. Sgrena and the knee-jerk anti-Americans are happy to believe the latter. Sickening.

40 "There's a world of difference between sloppy vs intentionally targeting her for assassination." Indeed there is. I agree with what many have already said, If they wanted her dead they would have executed her. But it was a tragically sloppy way to treat your 3rd best ally.

41 I think the term used by U.S. troops is "Spray and pray."

42 What I don't understand is why some of you speak with this vile, repugant traitor Collin Baber. I will not lower myself to that level.

43 We're still waiting for that URL, Mr. Greyrooster.

44 Dear Greyrooster, You might have to look up.

45 So sad... I think those were his last words in the Jawa-petshop.

46 Spray and pray, Collin? You are a dishonest little punk. US troops have some of the highest marksmanship and fire discipline of any military.

47 A few years back a truck driver in New Orleans crushed to death two children during a parade. He was cleared of all charges. The mother had the stroller where it shouldn't have been and was watching the parade instead of her children.

48 greyrooster doesn't talk to traitors.

49 Dear Robin, "Spray and pray" is a common term used by American troops in Iraq, just like the term "Security round". This person did not invent those terms.

50 1. win the elections (somehow) 2. find an enemy 3. declare a war againt him 4. now everybody who is against the war is against the country, doesn't support the troops, helps the enemy 5. so, anybody who is against you is a traitor and can (should) be arrested, jailed, processed, (killed?, why not?) 6. so, anybody who is against you is against the law and should not have the right to run against you in a free election (because that would be running for the enemy, against his country!) and he doesn't deserve to be free and alive in the first place. 7. you're now free to rule your country. live long and prosper. ps: the US have not the exclusive of these rules. Joseph Goebbels theorized and applied them 70 years ago. Other countries, like China, are preparing to applying them (today against Japan, tomorrow who knows?), just skipping the rule #1.

51 Collin, you remain dishonest. That the phrase exists doesn't prove your lying claim.

52 Dear Robin, As Condoleeza Rice similarly wished not for her integrity to be impugned, perhaps you may be able to itemize the alleged lies for us?