Comments on: Understanding Iraq’s Checkpoints

By: LJD

LJD — Mon, 07 Mar 2005 17:20:01 +0000

So the commie reporter's scheme has worked and generated the desired response in American media, how precious.

Lets crank out an NSN for a new checkpoint sign, in arabic, that reads
" Hey dumbass, we're signaling for you to stop, if you don't, you will be kiled".

By: The Moderate Voice

The Moderate Voice — Mon, 07 Mar 2005 16:24:04 +0000

Wounded Italian Journalist: Victim Of Conspiracy Or Polemecist?
The gloves have come off in the incident involving the wounding of Italian journalist Giuliana Sgrena and the death of an Italian security agent by U.S. forces.

She's now flatly suggesting that maybe U.S. forces in effect were out to assas...

By: Kappiy

Kappiy — Mon, 07 Mar 2005 15:29:28 +0000

Insightful post, James. John Burns, in today's NYTimes, has an interesting article on the same issue.

One thing that strikes me is the rather liberal notion of what constitutes a "checkpoint." According to Burns and other accounts, soldiers walking down the street and gesturing to a vehicle to stop seems to be a "checkpoint." When you recognize this, it becomes quite understandable to see how a driver might not even see soldiers asking a vehicle to stop. Given the high levels of banditry in Iraq, when "warning shots" are fired, it is easy to see how a driver could mistake them for a carjacking and speed off--which, in turn, can turn fatal.

Link to Burns article: http://www.nytimes.com/2005/03/07/international/middleeast/07patrols.html

By: JackLewis.net

JackLewis.net — Mon, 07 Mar 2005 15:20:52 +0000

The flight of the Italian grouse
From FoxNews: Giuliana Sgrena, who was abducted Feb. 4 in Baghdad, spoke from a Rome hospital where she was recuperating...

By: small dead animals

small dead animals — Mon, 07 Mar 2005 15:10:11 +0000

Giuliana Sgrena And US Military Incompetence
Has anyone seen any Canadian TV reports on this that mention that Sgrena works for El Manifesto, a communist paper? (I was otherwise occupied with my head in the toilet, after watching CBC report on the "sharp divisions" in the...

By: GOP and the City

GOP and the City — Mon, 07 Mar 2005 14:34:50 +0000

Italian Communist Journalist is Full of Prosciutto It is sad that Nicola Calipari was killed. It is sadder that his death is being exploited by the very woman he was sent to save In the end, Lt. Dan tells Forrest Gump, "I never thanked you for saving my life." Nicola and the soldiers saved Sgrena's ...

By: Andrew Olmsted dot com

Andrew Olmsted dot com — Mon, 07 Mar 2005 14:23:20 +0000

Which is More Likely?
It's good to be a terrorist. What else can you conclude from the press they get? In the wake of the shooting of the Italians who had just freed Italian journalist Giuliana Sgrena, Ms. Sgrena is claiming that the Americans...