Italian Journalist Iraq Incident

What a surprise that Reuters gets it wrong again.

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Italian journalist Giuliana Sgrena was freed by her captors on Friday but U.S. forces in Iraq mistakenly opened fire on the convoy taking her to safety, wounding her and killing an Italian secret service agent.

Even CNN fully reports what really happened.

According to a multinational forces statement, the car approached the checkpoint at high speed about 9 p.m. (1 p.m. ET)

U.S. troops "attempted to warn the driver to stop by hand and arm signals, flashing white lights, and firing warning shots in front of the car," the statement said. "When the driver didn't stop, the soldiers shot into the engine block, which stopped the vehicle."

I can't see anyone faulting the soldiers for this. What the hell was the driver thinking? Military force flashing lights and firing warning shots and you still speed up on them? I'm thinking Darwinism kicked in the case of the driver.

Then Reuters has to really push the unbalanced reporting with this quote:

"This news which should have been a moment of celebration, has been ruined by this firefight," said Gabriele Polo, editor of Sgrena's Il Manifesto paper, a Rome-based Communist daily. He deplored "completely senseless and mad" events in Iraq.

They also fail to mention that Il Manifesto has been an extremely vehement critic of America in Iraq. I'm still trying to figure out what he means by firefight.