American defense officials redacted elements of the "Sgrena Incident" investigation when it was released. Unfortunately, the PDF version of the report still contained the redacted text in hidden form, and the Italian newspapers are glad to tell you how to get it. The revealed material includes basic operational details and deployment information regarding American forces.
According to Slashdot, the following information has been put into the public domain by the Italian press.
* An itemization of IEDs and VBIEDs deployment techniques which have been most effective,* An analysis of the tactical strengths and weaknesses of specific checkpoints along "Route Irish",
* Combat readiness assesment of the units and soldiers involved,
* A detailed description of how the checkpoint is laid out,
* Exact grid locations of various assets.
* Details of how checkpoint searches are set up and executed
* Details of how checkpoints are expected to deal with approaching vehicles, including threat assesment methods.
* A statistical analysis of "normal" traffic approaching the checkpoint.
* It names the soldiers involved and details the specific actions taken by those soldiers. It names the soldier who killed Calipari.
* It briefly describes U.S. Embassy procedures for transporting VIPs along Route Irish and in general.
* It details movement of U.S. and Italian Embassy personnel.
* It describes possible future procedures and configurations for checkpoints.
In other words, our putative Italian "allies" are all too willing to put into general circulation information that will make it easier for terrorists to conduct operations that could kill American military personnel and diplomats, Iraqi leaders and citizens, and foreign VIPs.
But I guess we shouldn't be surprised -- Old Europe's elite have always been against any action that brings freedom to oppressed people.
(Hat Tip: Michelle Malkin)
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Comments on Italian Outrage!
Wow -- you do not care about the death of Italian agent on the hands of American forces who claimed that it was an accident.
Whereas, the former boss of CNN (James Eason?) who said that he heard about the Armed Forces targeting the Journalists at times.
Then when the Italian journalist was released, her hostage-takers told her that they do not worry about it because the American Forces will kill her before they face the media.
Sure enough, the Italian agent covered her and he got killed at the checkpoint by whom? The American Forces.
It is a repeated form that the American Forces killed people by mistakes. NOthing was being done. No wonder the American Government refused to sign the International Court because they wanted to get away with the murders.
Your attitude is: "At least, it is them, not us."
But Italian authorities provided it, as a way to say: "Pay for it, twerps."
I'm on Italian's side.
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|| Posted by Me is the Ridor, May 1, 2005 05:36 PM ||Some idiot leaves classified information in a document and you blame the Italians? Stupidity always blames others.
|| Posted by Stephen Downes, May 1, 2005 07:55 PM ||You know, you can truly see those that wish/hope America fails in the fight on Terrorism, when they come up with garbage like the previous two posters.
We are talking American Lives that are being put in intentional Danger because of the Italian papers.
Next time a soldier dies over there because of a terrorist attack, blame yourself.
It is idiots like you two that make the liberals look so stupid.
|| Posted by Scubachris, May 2, 2005 08:29 AM ||One thing though, the soldiers at the check point followed military protocols to the "T". And you're right Scubachris, there are Liberal idiots who desperately want to see America fail in Iraq, including wanting to see more soldiers deaths. Guess who don't care about American soldiers here? All they care are going to parties and play Russian roulette.
Yep.
|| Posted by mcconnell, May 2, 2005 08:41 AM ||mcweenie, that is where you are wrong. assuming things for liberals -- i personally do not care whether if the us wins in iraq, i cared that they went there on false premises, hopes, lies and greed -- i do not care if the soldiers are dead or that the us succumbed in iraq sooner or later -- the whole point is that i cared that the reasons why we went there.
it s all about lies.
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|| Posted by Me is the Ridor, May 2, 2005 02:14 PM ||No lies. Unless you want to include Clinton as well.
And when I say "they," it's a term I use loosely around here for generalization if anybody is following the script.
I know you have a love affair with McDonalds (or maybe that nearby hot dog stand you love so much) but this is getting ridiculous.
|| Posted by mcconnell, May 2, 2005 04:10 PM ||Grow up -- get over with your delusional thoughts that I'm in love with McDonalds.
As always, you cannot prove it so you had to include something else. Pathetic.
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|| Posted by Me is the Ridor, May 2, 2005 06:28 PM ||Grow up? I wasn't the one who said "McWeenie." Must be a Freud thing.
|| Posted by mcconnell, May 2, 2005 06:54 PM ||Post a comment