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#1 Italians 'cannot try US soldier'

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An Italian court has thrown out a case against a US soldier charged over the killing of an Italian intelligence agent in Iraq in March 2005.

The court ruled that Italy had no jurisdiction in the case against Mario Lozano, who was on trial in absentia.

The agent, Nicola Calipari, was shot dead on his way to Baghdad airport after securing the release of a kidnapped Italian reporter.

Spc Lozano denies any wrongdoing, saying he had no choice but to fire.

His defence lawyers argued that an Italian court had no right to try Spc Lozano as soldiers in Iraq were under the exclusive jurisdiction of their own country.

The ruling by the Rome judge can be appealed.

Strained relations

Italy and the US have drawn very different conclusions over the shooting and Washington refused to hand Spc Lozano over for trial.

US soldiers opened fire as the car Nicola Calipari was in approached a roadblock.

The US military said the vehicle was travelling too fast, alarming soldiers, who feared it was an insurgent attack.

Italian officials said the car was travelling at normal speed and accused the US military of failing to signal there was a checkpoint.

Spc Lozano, both countries agree, fired the fatal shots.

Nicola Calipari was escorting Giuliana Sgrena, an Italian journalist who had just been freed by kidnappers. She was wounded in the incident, along with an Italian secret agent - Andrea Carpani - who was driving the car.

Reacting to the judge's decision Ms Sgrena told reporters outside the court: "We've given up trying to find the truth about what happened to Nicola Calipari. The arrogance of America, which never wanted this trial, has won."
Dear self righteous Commie Bitch, aka Sgrena.

If the fucking United States military had wanted you fucking dead, you would damn well be dead. Osama Bin Lauden, you are not. Your car would have been reduced to a pile of shattered glass, shredded metal, blood and burning rubber. You would not have had a US army medic rushing over to treat you right after the gun-play stopped if this had been some sort of hit. Bitch, we use 500 pound bombs to kill terrorist leaders hiding in a house and Hellfire missiles to get 3 guys in a car and it may shock you to learn that despite what Hezbollah says a missile does not merely punch a few holes in the roof of a car, it turns the car into a mangled burning wreck. The only fucking arrogance in this little soap opera is the pure bullshit you expect us to buy while you ruin an innocent troop's life so you can make millions on a jet setting world tour proving that communism really is dead.

Fuck off.
Last edited by frigidmagi on Mon Oct 29, 2007 11:26 am, edited 1 time in total.
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