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December 23, 2005

Italy Goes After U.S. Marine In Nicola Calipari Shooting

Italian prosecutors have launched an official investigation targeting a U.S. Marine for the shooting death of Nicola Calipari which it considers a â€œmurder":

ANSAâ€”A United States marine has formally been placed under investigation here for the murder of an Italian intelligence agent in Iraq last March .
The Rome prosecutorâ€™s office identified the marine as Mario Lozano .
Intelligence officer Nicola Calipari was killed on March 4 when US troops manning a temporary roadblock opened fire on a car carrying him, another agent and a released hostage to Baghdad airport. . . .

State Department spokesman Sean McCormick today said that the Calipari case is considered â€œclosedâ€ but he referred questions about legal actions to the U.S. Department of Defense.

Nicola Calipari was the Italian intelligence officer that negotiated Giuliana Sgrenaâ€™s release from Iraqi terrorists back in March 2005. He was killed when the car transporting Giuliana Sgrena and himself failed to stop at a U.S. Military checkpoint and was fired upon. At the time, Italy had decided not to share its rescue plan with the United States and I believe that is what led to Calipariâ€™s tragic death, not a young Marine doing his job.

Cross-posted at OpinionBug.com

Posted by: OpinionBug at 11:19 AM | Comments (11) | Add Comment
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1 I see the Eurotards are having no trouble reconciling being dhimmis and useful idiots at the same time. We should have let the Nazis have Europe.

Posted by: Improbulus Maximus at December 23, 2005 12:14 PM (0yYS2)

2 This is getting personal. I'll have more information after Christmas when I check in to the unit tues or Weds on WTF is going on here.

Mario is home with his family decorating the tree - n' he ain't goin' nowhere!

Posted by: hondo at December 23, 2005 01:12 PM (3aakz)

3 BTW - HE'S NOT A MARINE!
No offense Rod Stanton

Posted by: hondo at December 23, 2005 01:27 PM (3aakz)

4 It would be interesting to see them try to get him...

Posted by: CDR Salamander at December 23, 2005 04:48 PM (m64uD)

5 Yes, it would, but if I were him, I would not travel out of the US.

That aside, where does this Italian court claim to get its jurisdiction over this case? Just curious.

Posted by: jesusland joe at December 23, 2005 07:23 PM (rUyw4)

6 Any country that tried to arrest him would have a major fight with the US on their hands. Plus does the American Service members Protection Act apply here. I would remind our Italian allies of this fact. Plus it is insulting having these idiots call a friendly fire incident a murder. This is their attempt to get compensation for the widow, not a cent.

Posted by: Kate at December 23, 2005 07:37 PM (C7pu/)

7 Agent Jones says that Jester Maximus' fiery mix of goatboys and knifeboys will be handed the keys to a fleet of GPS-tagged Maseratis, courtesy of the Italian taxpayer and under the unblinking aegis of the Architect.

Posted by: Agent Smith at December 24, 2005 06:30 AM (AovCV)

8 What the hell is that stupid crap? I swear to God smith, you're the biggest fucking dumbass since greg, and if I find out that you're the one who posted that crap about me on the indymedia site, I will find you.

Posted by: Improbulus Maximus at December 24, 2005 10:23 AM (0yYS2)

9 A PR stunt in Italy to appease the left for "The Holiday They Dare not speak Its Name".

Mario was completely cleared where it counted - and with Italian authorities too ... this is all Civil/political BS.

Smith - I don't get it either - what are you - trippin' n' typin' now?

Posted by: hondo at December 24, 2005 12:14 PM (3aakz)

10 Who is Greg?

Posted by: Agent Smith at December 25, 2005 01:10 AM (moNXA)

11 Nobody

Posted by: hondo at December 25, 2005 12:33 PM (3aakz)

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