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2005-03-04 Iraq-Jordan

U.S. Forces Fire at Freed Reporter's Car, Agent Killed

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Posted by ed 2005-03-04 3:07:56 PM|| || Front Page|| [5 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Let me get this straight, she was captured by âterroristsâ a month ago and pleaded for immediate retreat of she would be killed by the âterrorists.â After a month of putting up with Italyâs Favorite Commie Bitch the âterroristsâ release her rather than lop off her head (like they did with so many others). Now she is involved in one of the few fratricide incidents at a U.S. checkpoint? Something doesnât smell right here and I aint talking at the unwashed lefty reporter.

Posted by Cyber Sarge 2005-03-04 4:40:58 PM|| 2005-03-04 4:40:58 PM|| Front Page Top

#2 Report I have is that the car was approaching the checkpoint at very high speed. Makes it kinda hard to respond to any singnals. File this one under Darwin.

Posted by Rex Mundi 2005-03-04 4:47:28 PM|| 2005-03-04 4:47:28 PM|| Front Page Top

#3 Damn right CS. She's got 0 cred.

Posted by Rex Mundi 2005-03-04 4:49:22 PM|| 2005-03-04 4:49:22 PM|| Front Page Top

#4 Pool starting-
Odds she was bought out, not released...
let the bidding begin.

Posted by Jules 187 2005-03-04 4:55:53 PM|| 2005-03-04 4:55:53 PM|| Front Page Top

#5 I am sorry for the dead secret agent - you dont speed towards a checkpoint in Iraq - at night, to boot.

Pity it was not the commie newswoman who died.

Posted by Glereper Craviter7929 2005-03-04 6:13:23 PM|| 2005-03-04 6:13:23 PM|| Front Page Top

#6 gotta be more to the story. I seriously doubt you get shot at without fair warning.

Posted by 2b 2005-03-04 6:22:36 PM|| 2005-03-04 6:22:36 PM|| Front Page Top

#7 The account I read had this:

A U.S. patrol "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 military said in a statement. "When the driver didn't stop, the soldiers shot into the engine block which stopped the vehicle, killing one and wounding two others."

Is there anything more universally understood than warning shots?! What the hell was the driver trying to prove?

Posted by Dar 2005-03-04 6:28:00 PM|| 2005-03-04 6:28:00 PM|| Front Page Top

#8 Italian driver.
Cause meet effect.

Posted by Sock Puppet of Doom 2005-03-04 11:10:18 PM|| [http://www.slhess.com] 2005-03-04 11:10:18 PM|| Front Page Top

#9 Looked French.

Posted by BH 2005-03-04 11:34:17 PM|| 2005-03-04 11:34:17 PM|| Front Page Top

#10 This sounds like the cousin of the driver that drove Dodie and Dianna around in Paris. A member of the dumb sh*t's club.

Posted by Alaska Paul 2005-03-04 11:40:23 PM|| 2005-03-04 11:40:23 PM|| Front Page Top

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