THEY SHOOT HOSTAGES, DON'T THEY?

Yet another indication that the Iraqi occupation may not be going well. From the Tribune:

U.S.-led coalition forces fired on a car carrying a freed Italian hostage as it approached a checkpoint in Baghdad Friday, wounding the former captive and killing another person in the vehicle.

The person killed, Nicola Calipari, was an Italian intelligence agent who threw himself over freed hostage Giuliana Sgrena to protect her from U.S. fire. Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi said Calipari had been at the forefront of the negotiations that freed Sgrena.