Reply #71: LA Times has a very limited version:

[NightOwwl]

See how the article plays down release of the damning information:

Miscues at Roadblock in Iraq
An uncensored version of a U.S. military probe into an Italian's slaying cites lack of training, poor communication.

BAGHDAD — A U.S. military probe into the fatal shooting of an Italian intelligence agent in Iraq has found that the soldiers who opened fire had only recently been trained on how to conduct a roadblock, did not know that the Italians' car was expected along their stretch of road, and, because of a communications breakdown, were manning their irregular nighttime post long after they should have been.

According to an uncensored version of the Army's report on the March 4 shooting, which killed agent Nicola Calipari and wounded an Italian journalist whom he had helped free from hostage-takers, the soldiers had been ordered to block an onramp along the road to Baghdad's airport to allow safe passage of a convoy carrying U.S. Ambassador John D. Negroponte.

The report said the troops were asked to set up the roadblock around 7:15 p.m. and they "expected to maintain the blocking position no more than 15 minutes." Negroponte's convoy apparently passed by the onramp shortly after 8 p.m., but because of poor communications, the troops were still in place when Calipari's car approached just before 9 p.m.

The U.S. report exonerated the soldiers of any wrongdoing and said they acted according to established rules of engagement. That conclusion prompted a fierce reaction from Rome, and the Italian government is expected to publish a rebuttal to the findings today.

http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-report2may02,1,4620127.story?coll=la-headlines-world&ctrack=2&cset=true (Registration Required)

Excuse me, but does anyone find it coincidental that Negroponte's convoy passed by less than an hour before the car carrying the Italian journalist? But that's enough time to make a few "plans."

And notice the ho-hum attitude surrounding the uncensored information: "Lt. Col. Steve Boylan, a senior military spokesman, said an error in formatting allowed censored portions of the report to be made public."

Oopsy. Nothing to see here. Just move along.