Link to articles written by Italian journalist Giuliana Sgrena

Mike Malloy just gave this site a plug....it looks like she was one of the few journalists in Iraq that spoke the truth.

Florence and the others
GIULIANA SGRENA
il manifesto 14 January 2005

Ten thousand Iraqis in US and British prisons
GIULIANA SGRENA
il manifesto 29 December 2004

Two thousand victims in Fallujah
Giuliana Sgrena, Iraq
il manifesto 26 November 2004

Napalm Raid on Falluja?
GIULIANA SGRENA
il manifesto 23 November 2004

The death throes of Fallujah
Giuliana Sgrena
ilmanifesto 13 November 2004

“Stop the massacre”
GIULIANA SGRENA
il manifesto 12 November 2004

Bombs and tanks, hell breaks in Falluja
GIULIANA SGRENA
il manifesto 09 November 2004

Interview with an Iraki woman tortured at Abu Graib.
Giuliana Sgrena, our correspondent in Baghdad
il manifesto 01 July 2004

“Imminent attack” against Falluja
GIULIANA SGRENA
il manifesto 06 November 2004

Flight from a Falluja massacred by bombs
GIULIANA SGRENA
il manifestp 21 October 2004

UN: US crimes in Iraq
GIULIANA SGRENA
il manifesto 05 June 2004

http://www.ilmanifesto.it/pag/sgrena/en/

himself around her to protect her.... (this might have been said on another thread) -- thanks for these links. They need to be shared with others.

and remember, no one is targeting journalists in iraq. noooooooo.

but the kidnapping is as well. Either our people are totally out of control over there, or they are directed by a psycho.

Added: It sounds as though everyone has gone crazy, the Americans right along with the Jihadists.

The initial response of "they sped through a roadblock" sounds too much like "round up the usual suspects" to me...some stonewalling until they can fabricate a better story.

Watching the recent Frontline report showing several patrols in and around Baghdad, one can only get a small whiff of the surrealism that must be that city...especially at night.

The grunts stuck fighting this war were not trained to be occupation police and forced into dangers while those responsible for this invasion and making the profits sit cosily in the "Green Zone".

Honstly, I have mixed feeling as I don't trust this regime not knowing that journalist was in that car. Too many journalists have been shot at and anyone strays outside of U.S. watch/control are shot at first and asked to identify themselves if they survive.

Thought the day readers would find this site interesting. :kick:

the child prostitution scandal being looked into on another thread on GD.

http://www.turkishpress.com/news.asp?id=38029

ROME - The companion of freed Italian journalist Giuliana Sgrena on Saturday leveled serious accusations at US troops who fired at her convoy as it was nearing Baghdad airport, saying the shooting had been deliberate.

"The Americans and Italians knew about (her) car coming," Pier Scolari said on leaving Rome's Celio military hospital where Sgrena is to undergo surgery following her return home.

"They were 700 meters (yards) from the airport, which means that they had passed all checkpoints."

The shooting late Friday was witnessed by Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi's office which was on the phone with one of the secret service agents, said Scolari. "Then the US military silenced the cellphones," he charged.

"Giuliana had information, and the US military did not want her to survive," he added.

perhaps based Giuliana Sgrena's piece. I haven't heard anything further on it.

Ann Coulter recently stated she WISHED our troops were targeting journalists. Would you care to issue a statement, Ann?

Or perhaps you'd like to assist diplomacy by saying like, "Italians should be grateful we allow them to exist on the same planet as we do."