Mogul
03-04-2005, 06:18 PM
First this news came out
ROME (Reuters) - Italian reporter Giuliana Sgrena has been released in Iraq after being held hostage for a month, her newspaper Il Manifesto has said.
Il Manifesto's editorial director Francesco Paterno told Reuters that he had been informed of Sgrena's release by top Italian government official Gianni Letta.
"It's been confirmed. Gianni Letta confirmed it. They have her," said Paterno, without giving any further details.
Arabic television station Al Jazeera said the 57-year-old Sgrena had been released in Baghdad.
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And later this one
U.S.-led forces in Iraq shot and wounded an Italian journalist yesterday, hours after she was freed by her kidnappers, and killed an officer escorting her in an incident that prompted Italy to demand an explanation.
Reporter Giuliana Sgrena, 57, was wounded and Italian intelligence officer Nicola Calipari was killed when coalition forces fired on their convoy as it approached a Baghdad checkpoint, according to the Italian government and a U.S. military spokesman. Italy said the shooting came from U.S. forces. The U.S. military wouldn't say who fired the shots.
ROME (Reuters) - Italian reporter Giuliana Sgrena has been released in Iraq after being held hostage for a month, her newspaper Il Manifesto has said.
Il Manifesto's editorial director Francesco Paterno told Reuters that he had been informed of Sgrena's release by top Italian government official Gianni Letta.
"It's been confirmed. Gianni Letta confirmed it. They have her," said Paterno, without giving any further details.
Arabic television station Al Jazeera said the 57-year-old Sgrena had been released in Baghdad.
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And later this one
U.S.-led forces in Iraq shot and wounded an Italian journalist yesterday, hours after she was freed by her kidnappers, and killed an officer escorting her in an incident that prompted Italy to demand an explanation.
Reporter Giuliana Sgrena, 57, was wounded and Italian intelligence officer Nicola Calipari was killed when coalition forces fired on their convoy as it approached a Baghdad checkpoint, according to the Italian government and a U.S. military spokesman. Italy said the shooting came from U.S. forces. The U.S. military wouldn't say who fired the shots.