Other accounts of this incident have stated that the Italian agent also in the car, who used his body to shield this commiejourno, was killed by a bullet to the temple. Now I'm just a little curious why 1) only a single machine gun bullet hit him in the temple during a flurry of over 300 rounds (!) and 2) why it didnt take his head off (as a .50 cal undoubtedly would). Since reports stated that American forces fired at the engine block, and that the occupant's injuries were sustained in the subsequent crash, I would be very curious to see the autopsy of the agent.

A few points:

You were not there and do not know what happened.

Whether or not the car was "speeding", or was driven at all improperly, is in dispute.

There have been a signíficant number of similar incidents, a few of them horrific.

Perhaps a sympathetic comment about the death of this man, regardless of the particulars, was appropriate.

'Left leaning' or not, maybe she was there to do her job, like any other reporter. It seems to me Iraq is a dangerous place for almost everyone there right now, 'left leaning' or not.

What does she have to be "grateful" for? And to whom does she owe this gratitude?

"very unintelligent"

I would be careful about this sort of thing. One reason is this:

"This reminds me of the incident with Simona Torreta when just days after being freed by her terrorist captors."

Which is not a proper sentence/a complete thought.

A couple of other sentences are suspect; like this one:

"While I'm glad to see Mrs. Sgrena freed any intelligent individual should be able to see that a speeding car on the most dangerous road in Iraq heading towards a checkpoint is not a very sane action to be taking."

I tend to believe the US account of things over a communist reporter. Especially one who claims that 200-300 rounds were fired and then you see a photo of the car and the windshield is not even shattered. Maybe this is just the military veteran in me coming through. I somehow doubt that you yourself have ever served and prefer to just sit on the sidelines and judge every action.

There is not a soldier out there who would intentionally fire on "friendly's" with all of the attention on them. Your mind may be clouded by the drafted soldiers of Vietnam and by all the movies you've seen.

This was a checkpoint at the airport not a solitary guard on patrol in the middle of nowhere.

So until the US revises it's initial finding's I'll stick by them rather an a radical reporter who has been bashing America for the past 20 years.

It was a tragedy the man was killed. That does not make it an intentional death.

"This reminds me of the incident with Simona Torreta when just days after being freed by her terrorist captors."

Which is not a proper sentence/a complete thought.

I tend to wait for all the facts before I decide what I believe.

What do you personally know about Sgrena's politics? Above she is an "Italian Journalist", and now, i.e. when you seemingly wish to discredit her further, she is a "communist reporter", or a "radical reporter". Do you know her party affiliation? Have you personally read anything she has written? Do you speak (or read) Italian? Do you think calling her a "communist reporter" or "radical reporter" really serves to undermine her credibility? Why would she have any less of an agenda here than, say, US authorities?

Why did you claim she is "unintelligent"?

Why do you doubt that I ever "served" (I assume you mean spent time in the military). How is whether or not I have "served" relevant to anything I said?

My mind is not "clouded" by anything. I do not know the details of what happened either. I will wait for the facts to come out; after all, didn't Bush himself promise an investigation?

Given your statements, you may want to think about whose mind is "clouded", and whose isn't.

Oh, and one more thing:

"it's initial finding's"

The word "it's" is a contraction for it is. Which you don't want here. Clearly here you want the possessive form, which is simply its (no apostrophe). Also, the simple plural findings is correct here -- not "finding's".

So you may want to think about my suggestion that you stop questioning the intelligence of other people -- it is not a good fit with all the mistakes in your writing.

Thanks for pointing out my grammatical errors, as we all know that 100% proper use of the English language is the only way to judge intelligence.

How do you know I don't speak Italian?

All I know is that a woman who is known to hold a negative view of the Iraqi invasion is making some very insane claims. Claiming her vehicle was shot 300-400 times and that she was targeted purposely when she admits that they were driving eratically is ridiculous. If it is found that it was deliberate I'll be sure to cover that.