U.S.-Italy Relations Chilled by Killing of Agent [View All]

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http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/nm/20050305/ts_nm/iraq_italy_relations_dc&cid=564&ncid=1480


The shooting was the worst diplomatic incident between Italy and the United States since 1998, when a U.S. Marines jet flying recklessly low and fast cut a ski lift cable, killing 20 people.


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The agent had helped free Sgrena a month after she had been kidnapped and held hostage. Sgrena returned to Rome on Saturday. Calipari's coffin will follow.

"The hardest moment was when I saw the person who had saved me die in my arms," Sgrena's long-time companion quoted her as saying on her flight back to Rome.


Such poignant words are fueling national rage.


Berlusconi, whom the opposition accuses of taking orders from Washington, put on a brave face but leading newspaper Corriere della Sera cited political sources as saying he was furious.



I hope to see lots of these this weekend in Italy!