TOTAL INFORMATION ANALYSIS

Saturday, March 05, 2005

A CNN executive named Eason Jordan recently was fired for mentioning out loud to other quasi-elites that the U.S. military routinely targeted journalists in Iraq. Here's just the latest incident, from AP via Guardian March 4, 2005:

Freed Journalist Fired on by U.S. Troops

Friday March 4, 2005 8:16 PM...

ROME (AP) - Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi said Friday that he has asked the U.S. ambassador for an explanation about the shooting death of an Italian intelligence officer in Iraq, shortly after an Italian hostage was freed from her Iraqi captors.

``Given that the fire came from an American source I called in the American ambassador,'' Berlusconi told reporters. ``I believe we must have an explanation for such a serious incident, for which someone must take the responsibility."

MSNBC:

BAGHDAD, Iraq - Italian journalist Giuliana Sgrena survived a month of captivity and horror at the hands of Iraqi insurgents, but little could she imagine the terror that lay just ahead: A shrapnel wound when American troops opened fire on the speeding car carrying her to freedom.

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| Posted at 02:29 | PERMA-LINK |

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