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Il Manifesto Founder on Sgrena Shooting: This Was an Attack on Unembedded Journalism
U.S. soldiers in Iraq shot at the car of Italian journalist - Giuliana Sgrena - killing the Italian intelligence agent who helped free her and wounding three others. Sgrena had just been released after a month in captivity by the Iraqi resistance. We go to Italy to speak with Luciana Castellina, a leading public intellectual and one the founders of Giuliana Sgrena's newspaper - Il Manifesto.
Last Friday, U.S. soldiers in Iraq shot at the car of Italian journalist - Giuliana Sgrena - killing an Italian intelligence agent and wounding three others.
Nicola Calipari was killed as he tried to protect Sgrena from the bullets. Sgrena was wounded in the shoulder in the attack.
Giuliana Sgrena was kidnapped in Baghdad and been held captive since February 4th by a group calling themselves - "Mujahedeen Without Borders." She had just been released and handed over to three Italian agents on Friday when the car was shot at as they drove to the Baghdad airport.
In an interview with Sky Italia, Sgrena described talked about what happened:
* Giuliana Sgrena, speaking on Sky Italia.
The U.S. military said that the car was speeding as it approached a checkpoint. In a statement - it claimed that soldiers first tried to warn the driver to stop by "hand and arm signals, flashing white lights and firing warning shots in front of the car."
In interview with Italian channel La 7, Giuliana Sgrena disputed the military's account stating that there was no bright light, no signal - and that the car was traveling at regular speed. She also told SKY TG24 that a ransom was paid for her release and it was possible that she was deliberately targeted by US forces. She said: "The fact that the Americans don't want negotiations to free hostages is known. The fact that they do everything to prevent the adoption of this practice to save the lives of people held hostages, everybody knows that. So I don't see why I should rule out that I could have been a target."
The pentagon has said only that the incident is under investigation.
* Luciana Castellina, one the founder of Giuliana Sgrena's newspaper - Il Manifesto. She a well-known public intellectual in Italy. She has directed political reviews and published many books and articles on social and economic issues. She was a member of the Communist party and was elected several times to the Italian Parliament. She was also member of the European Parliament, where she presided over the Committee on Culture, Media and International Economic Relations. She subsequently served as president of Italia-Cinema until 2001. Luciana Castellina is on the steering committee of the International Network for Cultural Diversity and is president of the NoWarTV co-operative.
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Nicola Calipari was killed as he tried to protect Sgrena from the bullets. Sgrena was wounded in the shoulder in the attack.
Giuliana Sgrena was kidnapped in Baghdad and been held captive since February 4th by a group calling themselves - "Mujahedeen Without Borders." She had just been released and handed over to three Italian agents on Friday when the car was shot at as they drove to the Baghdad airport.
In an interview with Sky Italia, Sgrena described talked about what happened:
* Giuliana Sgrena, speaking on Sky Italia.
The U.S. military said that the car was speeding as it approached a checkpoint. In a statement - it claimed that soldiers first tried to warn the driver to stop by "hand and arm signals, flashing white lights and firing warning shots in front of the car."
In interview with Italian channel La 7, Giuliana Sgrena disputed the military's account stating that there was no bright light, no signal - and that the car was traveling at regular speed. She also told SKY TG24 that a ransom was paid for her release and it was possible that she was deliberately targeted by US forces. She said: "The fact that the Americans don't want negotiations to free hostages is known. The fact that they do everything to prevent the adoption of this practice to save the lives of people held hostages, everybody knows that. So I don't see why I should rule out that I could have been a target."
The pentagon has said only that the incident is under investigation.
* Luciana Castellina, one the founder of Giuliana Sgrena's newspaper - Il Manifesto. She a well-known public intellectual in Italy. She has directed political reviews and published many books and articles on social and economic issues. She was a member of the Communist party and was elected several times to the Italian Parliament. She was also member of the European Parliament, where she presided over the Committee on Culture, Media and International Economic Relations. She subsequently served as president of Italia-Cinema until 2001. Luciana Castellina is on the steering committee of the International Network for Cultural Diversity and is president of the NoWarTV co-operative.
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Democracy Now / The Nation:
"SHOOTING THE MESSENGER"
by Democracy Now's Jeremy Scahill
http://www.democracynow.org/static/Eason_Jordan.shtml
The Nation:
"AL-JAZEERA GOES TO JAIL"
by Chrisian Parenti
http://www.thenation.com/doc.mhtml?i=20040329&s=parenti
CounterPunch:
ANTI-BLACKISM AND ANTI-SEMITISM IN THE EAST BAY:
NOTES FROM JOSEPH ANDERSON
by Joseph Anderson
http://www.counterpunch.org/cockburn08282004.html
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The only version of "Truth" permitted is that from the U.S. govt and U.S. corporate media -- oh, and the Zionist lobby.
Democracy Now / The Nation:
"SHOOTING THE MESSENGER"
by Democracy Now's Jeremy Scahill
http://www.democracynow.org/static/Eason_Jordan.shtml
The Nation:
"AL-JAZEERA GOES TO JAIL"
by Chrisian Parenti
http://www.thenation.com/doc.mhtml?i=20040329&s=parenti
CounterPunch:
ANTI-BLACKISM AND ANTI-SEMITISM IN THE EAST BAY:
NOTES FROM JOSEPH ANDERSON
by Joseph Anderson
http://www.counterpunch.org/cockburn08282004.html
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The only version of "Truth" permitted is that from the U.S. govt and U.S. corporate media -- oh, and the Zionist lobby.
AND THAT'S WHY I **OPENLY** SUPPORT THE IRAQI RESISTANCE!
THE ONLY THING THAT STANDS BETWEEN US AND PERPETUAL IMPERIALIST WAR IS THE BRAVE IRAQI RESISTANCE!
THE ONLY THING THAT STANDS BETWEEN US AND PERPETUAL IMPERIALIST WAR IS THE BRAVE IRAQI RESISTANCE!
More self-promotion from:
Joseph "I'm so on my own dick, I can hardly keep it out of my mouth" Anderson.
Joseph "I'm so on my own dick, I can hardly keep it out of my mouth" Anderson.
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