ROME Mar 8, 2005 —
"Italy's foreign minister said Tuesday that the car carrying an intelligence officer killed by U.S. fire in Iraq last week was not speeding up and did not receive signals to stop, countering suggestions by American authorities.
Foreign Minister Gianfranco Fini, speaking to parliament, also ruled out suggestions that the shooting that killed Nicola Calipari was the result of an ambush, but reiterated the government's demands for a full explanation from Washington."
Full article at:
http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory?id=560672
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So our "well informed" Hot Copper posters who blamed the Italians the other day have as usual got it wrong, heh?
**italian minister disputes us account of killing*
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