Giuliana Sgrena visits now Finland. She is Italian journalist of Il Manifesto. She was kidnapped in Falluja, Irak the 4th February 2005. Her kidnappers called themselves “Mujahedins without boarders”. She was released one month later unharmed - but on the way to Bagdad airport American soldiers opened fire on the car. Italian intelligence agent Nicola Calipari died and Sgrena and the driver wounded.
Criminal trial against the shooter, American soldier Mario Lozano, will start next spring in Rome. The prosecution was announced on Wednesday the 7th February 2007. America calls the shooting an accident but Sgrena says it was a murder attempt on them because 58 bullets were found in the passengers and only one bullet in the engine of the car. Italian criminal investigations also found out that the speech of the car was not too fast as the Americans have claimed. Lozano is not expected to arrive to the trial. America does not send its soldiers abroad to be judged for their crimes. Sgrena said that Lozano is only the last person in the attack against her and it would be important to find out all persons involved in it.
After recovering the shooting Giuliana Sgrena wrote a book “Fuoco Amigo” (“Friendly Fire”). The book is translated to Finnish by LIKE. This is the reason Sgrena came to Finland. Next week she will travel to America as the book will be published also there.
Criminal trial against the shooter, American soldier Mario Lozano, will start next spring in Rome. The prosecution was announced on Wednesday the 7th February 2007. America calls the shooting an accident but Sgrena says it was a murder attempt on them because 58 bullets were found in the passengers and only one bullet in the engine of the car. Italian criminal investigations also found out that the speech of the car was not too fast as the Americans have claimed. Lozano is not expected to arrive to the trial. America does not send its soldiers abroad to be judged for their crimes. Sgrena said that Lozano is only the last person in the attack against her and it would be important to find out all persons involved in it.
After recovering the shooting Giuliana Sgrena wrote a book “Fuoco Amigo” (“Friendly Fire”). The book is translated to Finnish by LIKE. This is the reason Sgrena came to Finland. Next week she will travel to America as the book will be published also there.
I went to Sgrena’s press conference on Friday the 9th February in Helsinki. She looked tired and did not smile during the meeting. Her opinions about the future of Iraq were pessimistic: the only change how Iraqian people can solve the crisis is that America removes their troops despite it looks evident that it will first lead to a bigger chaos.
Professor Jaakko Hämeenanttila (Arabic language and culture, Helsinki university) shared her views about the future images of Iraq.
I have read Sgrena’s book and I really recommend it.
Professor Jaakko Hämeenanttila (Arabic language and culture, Helsinki university) shared her views about the future images of Iraq.
I have read Sgrena’s book and I really recommend it.
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