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Edited on Fri Oct-22-10 07:14 PM by Hissyspit
WikiLeaks Iraq War Logs document says that kidnapper, after taking $500,000 payment from United States, called in to tips line and has U.S. troops attempt to assassinate Sgrena by claiming IED in vehicle.
emptywheel Twitter:Here's report on Sgrena: After captives released her, they reportedly called in car as carrying IED, so we torched it. http://english.aljazeera.net/services/xml/mediafiles/tsif/showcase.html#report/2005-305-034639-0934INTEL REPORT: / IS ALLEGEDLY RESPONSIBLE FOR MAJORITY OF KIDNAPPING
DateNovember 01 2005, 0346 Type/CategoryThreat Report/Kidnapping Threat LocationKarkh, Baghdad (MND-BAGHDAD) Coordinates33.27119064, 44.37763977
Summary: Giuliana Sgrena, an Italian journalist, was kidnapped outside Baghdad University in February 2005. She was freed a month later; shortly afterwards, US soldiers at a checkpoint opened fire on the car carrying her and two Italian secret service agents. One of them, Nicola Calipari, was killed.
This report - apparently based on a Jordanian intelligence interrogation of Al-Qaeda in Iraq's "chief kidnapper" - seems to explain why Sgrena's car was fired upon.
He reportedly confirmed AQI was paid a $500,000 ransom for her release, a previously unconfirmed detail. Afterwards, AQI called the interior ministry, and warned it that the car carrying Sgrena and the Italian agents was actually carrying a car bomb. That information was relayed to US forces. SERIAL: (U) IIR 6 110 0522 06_x000D_(SEC//REL MCFI) SOURCE: (S//REL TO USA, MCFI) SOURCE //6 067 2556// A HIGH RANKING OFFICIAL WITH DIRECT ACCESS TO THE REPORTED INFORMATION BASED ON HIS PROFESSIONAL POSITION WITHIN THE ORGANIZATION. INDEPENDENT SOURCES HAVE CORROBORATED PREVIOUS INFORMATION PROVIDED BY THIS SOURCE. RELIABILITY HAS NOT YET BEEN DETERMINED.
SUMMARY: (S//REL TO USA, MCFI) <REDACTED>, FORMER LEADER OF THE BAGHDAD CELL RESPONSIBLE FOR THE MAJORITY OF KIDNAPPINGS OF FOREIGNERS IN IRAQ.
TEXT. 1. (S//REL TO USA, MCFI) ON 25 OCTOBER 2005, MINISTRY OF INTERIOR PERSONNEL FLEW TO JORDON TO ARREST <REDACTED>. THE EXTRADITION HAS BEEN COORDINATED WITH INTERPOL AND THE JORDANIAN GOVERNMENT BY BRITISH AUTHORITIES.
2. (S//REL TO USA, MCFI) <HE> IS THE FORMER LEADER OF THE BAGHDAD CELL OF THE 1920 BRIGADE AND THE IMAM OF THE ABU MUSTAFA MOSQUE LOCATED AT BAGHDAD UNIVERSITY, BAGHDAD, IZ. <HE> IS ALLEGEDLY RESPONSIBLE FOR THE MAJORITY OF KIDNAPPINGS OF FOREIGNERS IN IRAQ. SOURCE PROVIDED INFORMATION ABOUT THE INCIDENT WITH THE ITALIAN JOURNALIST, GIULIANA ((SGRENA)). SOURCE SAID THAT AFTER RECEIVING $500,000 US DOLLARS FOR THE RELEASE OF SGRENA, <HE> TOLD HER TO GO DIRECTLY TO THE BAGHDAD INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT. WHILE SGRENA WAS ENROUTE TO THE AIRPORT, NOTIFIED THE MINISTRY OF INTERIOR (MOI) TIPS LINE THAT THE BLUE CHEVY CELEBRITY THAT SGRENA WAS A PASSENGER IN, WAS A VEHICLE BORN IMPROVISED EXPLOSIVE DEVICE (VBIED). AS THE VEHICLE NEARED THE CHECKPOINT, IT WAS FIRED UPON BY COALITION 3. (S//REL TO USA, MCFI) <HE> IS ALSO LINKED
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