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BreakForNews (241 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-10-05 11:22 AM Original message |
The Sgrena Hit : How They Did It, and Why |
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soothsayer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-10-05 11:26 AM Response to Original message |
1. i thought they fired 300 - 400 rounds? I thought the italian lady |
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bloom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-10-05 11:30 AM Response to Reply #1 |
3. If you read what was posted - it said |
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beam me up scottie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-10-05 11:42 AM Response to Reply #3 |
12. And that would explain why she thought they fired |
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bloom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-10-05 12:01 PM Response to Reply #12 |
27. "Possible they aimed at her..." |
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mimitabby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-10-05 11:40 AM Response to Reply #1 |
10. the italian press conjectures that it was safety glass |
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NV Whino (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-10-05 11:41 AM Response to Reply #1 |
11. If you read the story |
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fertilizeonarbusto (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-10-05 11:26 AM Response to Original message |
2. Pretty cut and dried, isn't it? n/t |
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fed_gov_eye (12 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-10-05 11:31 AM Response to Reply #2 |
5. Still |
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bloom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-10-05 11:35 AM Response to Reply #5 |
6. I think they also mean to intimidate |
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Hoping4Change (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-10-05 11:53 AM Response to Reply #6 |
20. You may have a point because Berusconi announced yesterday |
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fertilizeonarbusto (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-10-05 11:36 AM Response to Reply #5 |
7. Not all hits are successful n/t |
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bvar22 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-10-05 11:46 AM Response to Reply #5 |
15. They thought they had killed her. |
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Padraig18 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-10-05 11:54 AM Response to Reply #15 |
21. What witnesses were watching? |
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bvar22 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-10-05 12:09 PM Response to Reply #21 |
34. The "fire" came from an "ambush" squad hidden.. |
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Padraig18 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-10-05 12:12 PM Response to Reply #34 |
37. And the proof that this 'ambsh squad' existed is where? |
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bvar22 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-10-05 12:15 PM Response to Reply #37 |
41. From the testimony of the witnesses inside the car. |
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Padraig18 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-10-05 12:18 PM Response to Reply #41 |
43. Oh, I do keep up quite well, thank you. |
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bloom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-10-05 11:46 AM Response to Reply #5 |
16. From the full article: |
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fertilizeonarbusto (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-10-05 11:48 AM Response to Reply #5 |
19. You don't hit the bullseye every time. |
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Pooka Fey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-10-05 06:31 PM Response to Reply #5 |
73. OMFG. n/t |
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bloom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-10-05 11:31 AM Response to Original message |
4. This is the best theory that I've heard.... |
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fertilizeonarbusto (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-10-05 11:37 AM Response to Reply #4 |
8. I agree |
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bloom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-10-05 12:12 PM Response to Reply #8 |
38. But even if "worked out" |
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salinen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-10-05 11:39 AM Response to Original message |
9. Dear Italy |
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understandinglife (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-10-05 01:52 PM Response to Reply #9 |
60. Agree. (nt) |
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cliss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-10-05 11:43 AM Response to Original message |
13. Wow. Thank you for the info, B. |
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ElectroPrincess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-11-05 07:36 AM Response to Reply #13 |
85. Oh Berlusconi is trying to lessen the culpability of the * Administration . |
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Padraig18 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-10-05 11:43 AM Response to Original message |
14. "...A moving target shot is out of the question...." |
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bvar22 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-10-05 11:47 AM Response to Reply #14 |
18. Why risk it... |
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gordianot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-10-05 11:54 AM Response to Reply #14 |
22. They may have been thwarted by American Troops swarming the car. |
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Padraig18 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-10-05 11:55 AM Response to Reply #22 |
23. Who was the 'assasination team'? |
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gordianot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-10-05 11:59 AM Response to Reply #23 |
25. I understand Negroponti's former bodygaurds were involved. |
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Padraig18 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-10-05 12:01 PM Response to Reply #25 |
26. Well, that makes it factual, then, if you saw it on DU. |
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bloom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-10-05 12:03 PM Response to Reply #26 |
28. If you bothered to look - it is not just on DU |
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Padraig18 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-10-05 12:04 PM Response to Reply #28 |
29. Then by all means, link me to this 'fact' |
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gordianot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-10-05 12:06 PM Response to Reply #29 |
30. Link |
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Padraig18 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-10-05 12:08 PM Response to Reply #30 |
32. "Document not found" |
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beam me up scottie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-10-05 12:10 PM Response to Reply #32 |
35. try |
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Padraig18 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-10-05 12:15 PM Response to Reply #35 |
40. Unless I need some help with my English language comprehension, ... |
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bloom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-10-05 12:23 PM Response to Reply #40 |
44. "does the article say that the patrol was 'Negoponte's former bodyguards" |
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Padraig18 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-10-05 12:26 PM Response to Reply #44 |
45. In post #25, gordian says the hit squad was Negroponte's former bodyguard |
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gordianot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-10-05 12:30 PM Response to Reply #45 |
46. OK then change it to current bodyguard or security. |
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Padraig18 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-10-05 12:37 PM Response to Reply #46 |
49. Their connection to Negroponte is, at best, tangential. |
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gordianot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-10-05 12:48 PM Response to Reply #49 |
53. The people who did this knew what they were doing. |
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Padraig18 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-10-05 12:50 PM Response to Reply #53 |
54. Of COURSE they knew what they were doing! |
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martymar64 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-10-05 11:22 PM Response to Reply #54 |
79. Sure, and Lee Harvey Oswald really killed JFK |
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bpilgrim (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-10-05 11:39 PM Response to Reply #54 |
80. you act like you were there |
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ElectroPrincess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-11-05 07:43 AM Response to Reply #49 |
86. What does it take to make you suspicious Padraig18? |
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bloom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-10-05 12:34 PM Response to Reply #45 |
48. That doesn't really change the story much. |
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beam me up scottie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-10-05 12:30 PM Response to Reply #40 |
47. You need help with your English language comprehension |
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Padraig18 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-10-05 12:38 PM Response to Reply #47 |
50. You provided a link tha does not support the proposition. |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-10-05 12:41 PM Response to Reply #50 |
51. Deleted message |
Padraig18 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-10-05 12:43 PM Response to Reply #51 |
52. No one 'pissed on my cornflakes this morning'. |
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bvar22 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-10-05 01:03 PM Response to Reply #52 |
56. What cast of thousands??? |
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Spiffarino (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-10-05 02:14 PM Response to Reply #52 |
62. For the record |
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beam me up scottie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-10-05 04:10 PM Response to Reply #52 |
68. I don't waste my time worrying about what the freepers think |
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bloom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-10-05 12:16 PM Response to Reply #35 |
42. The yahoo version was basically the same as the earthlink version |
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gordianot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-10-05 12:07 PM Response to Reply #29 |
31. Sorry link appears to be broken. |
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Padraig18 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-10-05 12:08 PM Response to Reply #31 |
33. Ineed it does. n/t |
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gordianot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-10-05 12:12 PM Response to Reply #33 |
36. Try this one. |
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Bridget Burke (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-10-05 12:13 PM Response to Reply #33 |
39. Try this link. |
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bunny planet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-10-05 11:43 PM Response to Reply #23 |
81. How do you explain Juliana's kidnapping right after she has given an |
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bloom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-10-05 11:58 AM Response to Reply #14 |
24. " Remember, pissing off the entire italian intelligence service... |
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goodhue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-10-05 11:47 AM Response to Original message |
17. precision ambush on stopped car |
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RUMPLEMINTZ (218 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-10-05 12:55 PM Response to Original message |
55. Maybe someone can help me here |
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KaliTracy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-10-05 01:13 PM Response to Reply #55 |
57. Here is a list of articles she wrote prior to being taken hostage. |
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seventythree (904 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-10-05 02:52 PM Response to Reply #55 |
63. I don't know but |
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ebayfool (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-10-05 08:52 PM Response to Reply #63 |
78. Was this sending a message? Not only for the intended victim, but ... |
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seventythree (904 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-11-05 01:07 AM Response to Reply #78 |
84. I'm still undecided |
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bunny planet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-10-05 11:57 PM Response to Reply #63 |
82. In today's news the lawsuit brought against the American |
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seventythree (904 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-11-05 12:58 AM Response to Reply #82 |
83. while most of the world banned Napalm after Nam, |
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Nothing Without Hope (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-10-05 01:38 PM Response to Original message |
58. This, plus "losing" the car and the shooters being Negroponte's bodyguards |
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understandinglife (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-10-05 01:51 PM Response to Reply #58 |
59. Ditto. (nt) |
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Nothing Without Hope (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-10-05 02:13 PM Response to Reply #59 |
61. Hello UL. I note that your usual "Peace" isn't in your message. |
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understandinglife (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-10-05 03:08 PM Response to Reply #61 |
65. Thank you for sharing those insights, NWH. And, yes, ... |
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Nothing Without Hope (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-10-05 04:24 PM Response to Reply #65 |
69. Thank goodness for smilies, UL, because what I want to say is |
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Az_lefty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-10-05 02:54 PM Response to Original message |
64. Interesting theories here, but... |
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2diagnosis (191 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-10-05 03:54 PM Response to Reply #64 |
66. She probably knows that Gannon is really |
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Nothing Without Hope (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-10-05 03:56 PM Response to Reply #64 |
67. The OP says that the "why" will be the focus of the next thread |
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KaliTracy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-10-05 05:08 PM Response to Reply #64 |
70. see post #57 for a list of articles she did prior to being taken hostage |
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RoeBear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-10-05 05:55 PM Response to Original message |
71. Wouldn't it have made more sense, |
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Columbia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-10-05 06:11 PM Response to Reply #71 |
72. Get out of here! |
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RoeBear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-10-05 07:40 PM Response to Reply #72 |
76. Thank you sir |
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Columbia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-10-05 07:55 PM Response to Reply #76 |
77. Here you go |
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Disturbed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-10-05 06:32 PM Response to Reply #71 |
74. No |
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Pooka Fey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-10-05 06:40 PM Response to Reply #71 |
75. How do Iraqi terrorists get within 700 meters of the Bagdad Airport? |
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What Is This Crap (73 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-11-05 10:48 AM Response to Original message |
87. .,.,. |
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Boo Boo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-11-05 02:16 PM Response to Original message |
88. Just for the sake of argument, |
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gordianot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-11-05 05:39 PM Response to Reply #88 |
89. Excellent Theory ! There have been lots of arguments on this thread. |
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