Italy, U.S. Clash Over Agent ShootingBy THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
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NBC News, however, has said a preliminary report from the U.S.-Italian commission has been completed and clears the Americans of any wrongdoing in the killing of Nicola Calipari at a temporary checkpoint on the road to Baghdad airport while he brought an Italian hostage to freedom.
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The commission, ordered by Washington, includes two Italian members and is led by a U.S. brigadier general. It is expected to release its findings by mid-April.
Members of Italy's center-left opposition have demanded the government inform the country about the commission's work, while newspapers Corriere della Sera and La Stampa reported Thursday that a final conclusion by the commission is being delayed by the reluctance of the Italian members to accept all the aspects of the U.S. version of events.
According to the Italian papers, a point of contention is American authorities' refusal to allow Italian investigators to examine the car in which Calipari was traveling when he was shot.
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http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/international/AP-Italy-Iraq.html?oref=loginSee also:
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GIS CLEARED IN ITALIAN'S DEATHApril 14, 2005 -- U.S. soldiers reportedly have been cleared of wrongdoing in the shooting of an Italian journalist and an intelligence agent last month in Baghdad.
U.S. military officials told NBC News that a joint American-Italian investigation found the soldiers acted properly in firing on a car bearing a just-freed hostage, journalist Giuliana Sgrena, and an intelligence officer, Nicola Calipari.
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http://www.nypost.com/news/worldnews/23237.htmU.S. bars Italians from examining victim’s carhttp://www.armytimes.com/story.php?f=1-292925-740304.phpend of story?from "Der Standard" (Austrian newspaper), 14. April 2005
Sgrena: "I don't trust the investigation, one knows that such investigations don't yield any results." ("Ich habe kein Vertrauen in die Untersuchung, man weiß, dass sie zu keinen Resultaten führen")
http://derstandard.at/?url=/?id=1980336According to the Italian authorities, an examination of the car is essential to assess what went on. (Nach Ansicht der italienischen Behörden ist eine Untersuchung des Wagens für eine Einschätzung der Geschehnisse vom 4. März wesentlich.)
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