Update [2005-5-2 4:2:28 by gilgamesh]:
I've updated this diary because, on further reflection, I realized I was a bit over-hasty in dismissing out of hand the possibility of deliberate assasination. But I was writing in a hurry.
I still believe it is extremely far-fetched, but the report clearly doesn't rule it out. Why did the commander responsible for coordinating Negropente's movements not bother to radio in to the troops on the ground the command to dismantle the improvised check points? We'll probably never really know.
And therein lies a broader and more fundamental lesson here: If the US really did want to assasinate Sgrena, or anyone other foreign citizen for that matter, who is going to hold them accountable? The ICC? the Italian government? The German? The French? The UN? Tony Blair???
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