Italy Indicts American Soldier for Shooting of Italian in Iraq

[Psycho4Bud]

An Italian judge has indicted an American soldier for the shooting of an Italian intelligence agent in Baghdad in 2005. The soldier will be tried for voluntary murder. He is expected to be tried in absentia. Sabina Castelfranco reports for VOA from Rome.

Mario Lozano of the U.S. Army's 69th Infantry Regiment is being charged with the fatal shooting of an Italian intelligence agent at a checkpoint in Baghdad in March 2005. A judge in Rome Wednesday ordered that Lozano be tried for voluntary murder.

The agent who was killed, Nicola Calipari, had just secured the release of kidnapped journalist Giuliana Sgrena. The agent and the journalist were being driven to Baghdad airport when the U.S. soldier opened fire and fatally wounded the agent. The journalist was wounded.
VOA News - Italy Indicts American Soldier for Shooting of Italian in Iraq

HEY, ITALY........:S4:

Have a good one!:s4:

Psycho4Bud Reviewed by Psycho4Bud on 02-07-2007. Italy Indicts American Soldier for Shooting of Italian in Iraq An Italian judge has indicted an American soldier for the shooting of an Italian intelligence agent in Baghdad in 2005. The soldier will be tried for voluntary murder. He is expected to be tried in absentia. Sabina Castelfranco reports for VOA from Rome. Mario Lozano of the U.S. Army's 69th Infantry Regiment is being charged with the fatal shooting of an Italian intelligence agent at a checkpoint in Baghdad in March 2005. A judge in Rome Wednesday ordered that Lozano be tried for voluntary Rating: 5

[higher4hockey]

do you remember the movie apocalypse now ? there was a line in that movie that said something along the lines of : handing out a murder charge in this place is like handing out speeding tickets at the indy 500


accidents happen when young men are handed deadly weapons and told to do a job, no amount of training can prepare you to deal with the fear felt in a combat situation, and no amount of training can stop fear from turning into anger.

[Kid Dynamite]

yeah...like the accident that happened when 2 American fighter jets blew the shit out of a convoy of British APC's... Bush, next time you wanna start a war, dont call us...

[Psycho4Bud]

Bush, next time you wanna start a war, dont call us...

First off it was a JOINT EFFORT. Next, I think I recall 131,028,000 U.S. military people that gave their lives helping the Brits out or saving their asses, however you want to look at it...... Your so very welcome.

Have a good one!:s4:

[Kid Dynamite]

Yeah thanks a lot...so nice of you to step in BEFORE Pearl Harbour...oh yeah, think i've got something mixed up a little bit there...

not to mention the fact that if the Senate had ratified the League of Nations, WWII might never have happened.

And in response to the "joint effort" i agree...and i hold Tony Blair in just as much contempt as George Bush when it concerns the war.

[Bong30]

Im sure Kid D....was cheering for when Pat Tillman was killed by Friendly Fire.

It is Sad that anyone has to die, but it is war, (that Radical Islam started), and people die in war.

Death is Reality, peace is a dream.....

[Breukelen advocaat]

A bus stops and two Italian men get on. They sit down and engage in an animated conversation.
The lady sitting behind them ignores them at first, but her attention is galvanized when she hears one of the men say the following:
"Emma come first.
Den I come.
Den two asses come together.
I come once-a-more.
Two asses, they come together again.
I come again and pee twice.
Then I come one lasta time."
"You foul-mouthed swine, " retorted the lady indignantly. "In this country we donâ??t talk about our sex lives in public!"
"Hey, coola down lady," said the man.
"Who talkinâ?? abouta sexa? Iâ??m a justa tellinâ?? my frienda how to spella Mississippi

Q. What's the sales pitch for a used Italian Army Rifle?
A. Never been fired and only dropped once.

Q. Why does the Italian Navy put glass bottoms on their new ships?
A. So that they can see the OLD Italian Navy ships.

Q. What does FIAT stand for?
A. Frenzied Italian At Traffic-lights.

Q. What's an innuendo?
A. An Italian suppository

[Bong30]

BA... LOL

[Thepossumdance]

not to mention the fact that if the Senate had ratified the League of Nations, WWII might never have happened.

im not a big fan of the war in Iraq... but the above comment is both blatently wrong and completely retarded

??? so what you're telling me is that a global organization weaker than the UN, which is already unable to handle relatively small regional conflicts (bosnia, sudan, etc etc), would have been able to stop WWII

your claim is completely baseless please return to 10th grade history

[Kid Dynamite]

Im sure Kid D....was cheering for when Pat Tillman was killed by Friendly Fire.

It is Sad that anyone has to die, but it is war, (that Radical Islam started), and people die in war.

Death is Reality, peace is a dream.....

Excuse me? I dont know who Pat Tillman is, but im sure as hell not happy he's dead. Why would i cheer that he was killed by friendly fire? You think that im happy when America looks incompetent, you think i find it funny? Because i dont, especially when it results in loss of life, whether that be British, American or the life of an innocent Iraqi citizen. And i accept that accidents happen in war, but when the American government covers up such incidents, such as in the case of Pat Tillman and Matty Tull, well that is truly abhorrent and disgraceful. The least that these people deserve is that their families receive an accurate report of the events leading to the deaths of the husbands sons or fathers. They deserve to know the truth about how their loved ones died.

And i agree, peace is a dream. I dont object to all war, because sometimes war is necessary. But i do object when a war is started under false pretences...and im sure you won't agree, but radical islam didn't start the war in Iraq. The war in Iraq started because Saddam stopped being friends with the U.S, and an invasion was necessary to protect their interests in the Middle East, primarily oil, and the interests of Isreal. Before you start blaming radical Islam for the confilct in the Gulf, please remember that Osama Bin Ladens Afghani Jihad was funded by the CIA during the 80's to combat the Soviet influence in Afghanistan. The backlash or radical islam is a response to repeated and numerous american interventions in the middle east. It didn't come out of nowhere. And i dont disagree that Saddam was pure evil, and deserved everything he got. But was the toppling of his regime really worth the result, plunging Iraq into a bloody sectarian conflict that has no forseeable end? However much you supported the war, bong30, you can deny that it has been a fuck up of the highest proportions.

Please excuse me for ranting and raving, but i have strong views on this matter,especially when it means that my countrymen are being killed in a war that we shouldn't be involved with in the first place.

rant over.