Fallout in Italian Death

Not surprisingly Giuliana Sgrena, the hostage saved by Italian intelligence officer Nicola Calipari, pulls and Eason Jordan and says the US forces possibly targeted them. The US opposes paying for hostages so it make sense that they would shoot them, it makes sense, doesn't it? Anyway the Washington Times takes a different view (another surprise) and reveals that the Italians hid their operation from US officials and forces since they knew that the Americans would object to negotiating with terrorists. The story is that the information did not get down to the patrol which ultimately opened fire on the Italians. The Times also makes the rather obvious observation that the communist Spegna is ardently opposed to Italy's deployment of troops in Iraq.