blacklabman
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She is French and a liberal, hence her statements cannot be believed.
Wounded reporter disputes US troops claim
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blacklabman
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My mistake! She is Italian, but the liberal part still leaves her to be doubted.
When soldiers at a checkpoint tell you to stop, you stop. End of story.
Then why was she begging and pleading for her life?
This woman is a bigger idiot then the vehicle driver. Solders observe a car racing towards a military checkpoint, after curfew, refusing to heed signals and warning shots to slow and stop, naturally it will be blown apart, enough said. You can't blame the solders for following approved rules of engagement.
Bustem' Down
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I guess a little sensationalism is the only way she can sell a story. The actual even was probably a little more mundane and she had to spice it up a bit. Too bad she was only wounded.Ken King said:
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scupper trout
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Place yourself in harms way in a declared war zone and get shot. Am I missing something here? 
"KILL A COMMIE FOR MOMMIE"
"KILL A COMMIE FOR MOMMIE"
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Bustem' Down
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She probably just an amature reporter. Real pro's like Geraldo would never get shot.
Triggerfish
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vraiblonde said:
There seem to be some dispute on that. It was a "temporary" checkpoint according to the army, which would explain some of the confusion. That type of checkpoint could just be a couple of armed soldiers and the driver may have not recognized it as a checkpoint. In this case they did have a tank though.
The reporter suggested that the U.S. Army may have wanted to ambush her.
The Italian foreign minister states that the theory about an "ambush" is groundless and what happened was an "accident."
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Triggerfish
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Bustem' Down said:
Yeah, he just broadcasts troop movements over live TV.
What a tard. She was trying to say it was payback for Italy paying a ransom for her release. Like soldiers at a remote checkpoint would know about this mere hours after it happened.Triggerfish said:
Larry Gude
Strung Out
The good news is...
...we're not the only ones with stupendously stupid reporters.
The bad news is there seems to be a global supply of them.
She oughta be thanking the troopers for ceasing fire when they did. If there was some grand conspiracy to take her out...she'd be road grease.
...we're not the only ones with stupendously stupid reporters.
The bad news is there seems to be a global supply of them.
She oughta be thanking the troopers for ceasing fire when they did. If there was some grand conspiracy to take her out...she'd be road grease.
Dispute or not, as at times checkpoints will be moved or setup in new areas, it was still after curfew, no advance information about her release or them coming through that checkpoint had been given to the coalition forces, and the driver failed to stop when directed to, so he was stopped. From what I have read and heard it seems that the soldiers followed the ROE to the letter and that is all that counts.Triggerfish said:
willie
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Our response to her charges were way too mild. Everything thing she says is fiction. We should broadcast the tape of her bawling and pleading for her life followed by her statement about how well she was treated. If we're too civilized to rub her lying face in the mud then ignore it. She is trash.
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Bruzilla
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Here's the best part of the story... Yesterday at a later press conference, she says that she really doesn't know what happened, and that perhaps she chose the wrong words to describe what may have happened. After lots of questions, she pretty much admitted that her accusations that the US soldiers targeted her were incorrect. This was at about 12:30PM yesterday afternoon, and the accounts of the second press conference were posted on various internet sites for the reading of the general public by 3:00 PM.
Along comes the CBS Evening News With Dan Rather at 7:00PM, and guess what the lead story is? That this woman may have in fact been targeted by US forces, and the sole basis of the story is just this woman's delusional first press conference... the one she later admitted to as being wrong. They spent the first segment of the news cast talking about how this could be possible!
Along comes the CBS Evening News With Dan Rather at 7:00PM, and guess what the lead story is? That this woman may have in fact been targeted by US forces, and the sole basis of the story is just this woman's delusional first press conference... the one she later admitted to as being wrong. They spent the first segment of the news cast talking about how this could be possible!
Larry Gude
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I'm gonna miss Dan Rather...
I'm not confident that Dean and Moveon can consistently entertain me without his help.
Maybe a talk show!!?!?!
I'm not confident that Dean and Moveon can consistently entertain me without his help.
Maybe a talk show!!?!?!
carolinagirl
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vraiblonde said:What a tard. She was trying to say it was payback for Italy paying a ransom for her release. Like soldiers at a remote checkpoint would know about this mere hours after it happened.
Her whole account sounds absurd to me. 
Triggerfish
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She's on drugs......
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