Italian agent Nicola Calipari, killed at checkpoint.Italian prosecutors have formally requested a trial, in absentia if necessary, of a US marine accused of shooting dead an Italian intelligence agent in Baghdad last year.
Mario Lozano, is accused of manslaughter and attempted double homicide in the March 2005 killing of agent Nicola Calipari, who had been escorting a newly freed Italian hostage to safety when he was shot at a checkpoint.
A judge will have to rule whether there is enough evidence for an indictment.
The governments of Italy and United States officially called the shooting an accident, but Italy's independent magistrates continued their own investigation into the politically-charged incident.
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Imagine the nerve of those Italians not taking our word for it!
Not just the nerve, scanning breaking news it seems to be a frenzy.
When word came down tonight that three U.S. soldiers were going to prosecuted on murder charges, my girlfriend and I looked at each other and said "Which incident? Hamandiya? Haditha?"
Nope - it's another incident in northern Iraq where three Iraqi detainees in military custody were killed last month. The soldiers are being charged with murder, attempted murder, conspiracy, communicating threats, and obstructing justice.
Heck, that sounds like offical Cheney policy, doesn't it?
You're sadly right, rbe. The "isolated" incidents are starting to pile up.
I've been wonderfully pre-occupied today, prepping a background on Italy's big royal scandal.
I've been itching to get more into this, US military series of stories, than a cut and past job.
But it does seem to be mounting up. Jeez, all that gay marriage and immigration stuff will be wasted!
Not to mention the Zarqawi killing - hard to think that's such a great "victory" or "turning point" when the horrific news from iraq continues unabated (and in the case of the two missing soldiers, actually gets worse.)
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