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2005-03-15 Iraq-Jordan

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Posted by Steve 2005-03-15 2:41:12 PM|| || Front Page|| [3 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 This says to me there will not be any fireworks in Iran till after September. That's too bad, but probably realistic given how "poorly" /sarcasm our troops perform in the brutal middle eastern summer.

Posted by Mrs. Davis 2005-03-15 3:19:00 PM|| 2005-03-15 3:19:00 PM|| Front Page Top

#2 No big deal. I hope that we will start reducing our troops in Iraq by September. Berlusconi has been a steadfast friend of the US and has supported us at considerable political cost. The Italians deserve our thanks and our respect.

Remember Fabrizio Quattrocchi, the Italian baker killed in Iraq last April: As the gunman's pistol was pointing at him the hostage "tried to take off his hood and shouted: 'now I'll show you how an Italian dies,'" he said. Contrary to what the media would have you believe, there are more Fabrizio Quattrocchis than there are communist bimbo journalists in Italy.

Posted by RWV 2005-03-15 3:24:22 PM|| 2005-03-15 3:24:22 PM|| Front Page Top

#3 Are we sure we shot him?
As near as I can tell, everyone is assuming so, but is that actually what happened?
Our troops fired on the vehicle, yes...
but the only evidence I've heard that it included the killing shot comes from Sgrena.

Posted by Dishman 2005-03-15 4:55:19 PM|| 2005-03-15 4:55:19 PM|| Front Page Top

#4 As far as we know, Sgrena could have shot him too, so no, we do not know whose bullet killed that agent.

Posted by Kalle (kafir forever) 2005-03-15 10:43:57 PM|| [http://radio.weblogs.com/0103811/categories/currentEvents/] 2005-03-15 10:43:57 PM|| Front Page Top

#5 Autopsy went... lickety split, and the guy got burried next day.
Not having forensics training, I can only offer uneducated opinion (I have a degree of knowledge in pathology). The entry and exit holes were rather clean. That seems to indicate that the projectile was a small caliber that would likely be found in berettas of the agents, and that the shot came from near proximity rather than from a distance. If the bullet was coming from the soldier's fiream either through glass or ricocheting from the engine block, the bullet would have been already flattened a bit and very likely take a part of cranium with it because of its bigger surface area at the tip.

I would presume an accidental discharge of the weapon of the other agent, rather than deliberate targetting.

Posted by Sobiesky 2005-03-15 11:49:48 PM|| 2005-03-15 11:49:48 PM|| Front Page Top

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