Reply #17: Becasue the US lied

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The original version of the story the US put out has more holes then Sgrena's car.

Under the circumstances, Sgrena's story has been very consistant. The US is the one that keeps changing their version of things.

Here's the latest version:


Hostage's Joy Quickly Turned to Disaster
March 11, 2005

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La Repubblica says that sometime after 8 p.m., Maj. Gen. Marioli gets a call from a SISMI man in Baghdad telling him the agents are headed back, bringing an Italian with no documents. The paper says it's unclear whether Marioli knows the passenger is the freed hostage.

Premier Silvio Berlusconi has told lawmakers that Calipari sent word of their approach to an Italian liaison officer waiting at Baghdad airport along with an American officer.

As the car proceeds with interior lights turned on, Calipari makes phone calls, including to Gianni Letta, Berlusconi's right-hand man, and to an Italian general. He also makes several calls with the intention of notifying the Americans that his party is nearing the airport and seeking "every possible assistance for an easy and direct entry," Fini says.

The Toyota slows for a flooded stretch of road beneath an underpass, then a sharp turn, Fini says. The right lane is flooded, and the agent at the wheel knows from previous trips that it is also blocked by cement barriers so he stays on the left, traveling no faster than 25 mph, the foreign minister says.

Halfway around a curve, a bright light shines on the car from above, and the Toyota immediately stops, Fini says.

Things are about to go wrong.

http://www.newsday.com/news/nationworld/world/wire/sns-ap-iraq-bittersweet-rescue,0,7270390.story?coll=sns-ap-world-headlines