Reply #24: I wouldn't be surprised if this one gets murkier as time goes on

[daleo]

I distinctly remembering that the TV announcer mentioned that there was a claim that these four Italian Security Guards were intelligence agents. That was Tuesday morning on CNN or CBC newsworld - it was just a passing reference. Since then:

This is from the Minneapolis Star-Tribune page:

http://www.startribune.com/stories/484/4719229.html


"The Italian foreign ministry said its civilians worked for the U.S.-based DTS Security company and were first reported missing Monday. The Italian news agency AGI and other reports said the four were taken hostage in Fallujah, 35 miles west of Baghdad.
At DTS Security in northern Virginia, operations director Jim Villegas told The Associated Press, ``We have no personnel in Iraq.''"