Oh, I think I can offer the explanation. Just like all the other journalists shot and killed by U.S. troops in Iraq, it was simply a mistake. The two Italians looked exactly like Iraqis trying to run through the checkpoint.Joy turned to horror in Italy on Friday when an Italian journalist who had been held hostage in Iraq was released, only to be shot by U.S. military forces at a checkpoint in Baghdad.Italian journalist Giuliana Sgrena suffered a shrapnel wound to her shoulder when an American armoured car fired on her vehicle, while an Italian intelligence officer accompanying her was killed.
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In Washington, the Pentagon confirmed that a shooting occurred as the Italian woman was being brought to an American base near Baghdad's airport, but gave no other details.
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Sgrena, a 56-year-old reporter for the communist daily newspaper Il Manifesto had been held captive in Iraq since Feb. 4.
Silvio Berlusconi, the Italian prime minister, has asked the American ambassador to explain the incident.
CBC article
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