Reply #275: There have been thousands of such incidents where we never heard anything [View All]

[Ms. Clio]

Certainly not the Iraqis' side.

Why you think the troops are going to say anything substantially different from the Pentagon is truly baffling to me.

For instance, here is some extremely important new information:

"Italian reconstruction of the incident is significantly different. Sgrena told colleagues the vehicle was not travelling fast and had already passed several checkpoints on its way to the airport. The Americans shone a flashlight at the car and then fired between 300 and 400 bullets at if from an armoured vehicle. Rather than calling immediately for assistance for the wounded Italians, the soldiers' first move was to confiscate their weapons and mobile phones and they were prevented from resuming contact with Rome for more than an hour. "

Edited to add link: http://observer.guardian.co.uk/international/story/0,6903,1431436,00.html

So what was that again about getting the soldiers' side of the story? What possible explanation do you think they could have for this? On second thought, however, I am sure you can spin, spin, spin this, too. Well, it will be interesting to watch.