U.S. Likely to Clear GIs in Iraq Shooting
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By JOHN J. LUMPKIN,
Associated Press WriterWASHINGTON
- American soldiers who shot and killed an Italian intelligence officer in a friendly fire incident in Baghdad generally followed instructions for dealing with potential threats, a U.S. investigation is expected to conclude.
But the probe into the March 4 shooting is also expected to raise concerns about the rules of engagement at a Baghdad checkpoint, a senior U.S. defense official said.
The official spoke on condition of anonymity because the report has not been finished.
Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld and Gen. Richard Myers, chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff, acknowledged Tuesday that Italian officials who participated in the investigation have still not signed off on the report's conclusions. But at a Pentagon briefing, they provided no details about the report."
My latest information is that they have not come to a final agreement on a joint report," Rumsfeld said of U.S. and Italian investigators."
It's an investigation, it was done together, intimately, and I think that we'll just have to wait and see what they come out with," he added.
Myers said the final report will be issued in Baghdad.
According to Italian news reports, Italian officials disagreed with the U.S. findings and were refusing to sign it. Ben Duffy, a U.S. Embassy spokesman in Rome, said the United States was still hoping for a combined report.
In Rome, Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi, a staunch U.S. ally facing strong opposition at home to his decision to send troops to Iraq after the U.S.-led invasion, assured Parliament Tuesday that the investigation into the killing was not over.
Berlusconi apologized for what he called "an unfortunate leak" suggesting that the investigation was completed. He spoke shortly after the U.S. ambassador to Italy met with the premier's top aide to see if crucial differences over the investigation could be worked out.
Premier Silvio Berlusconi signs of on this he is dead in the water
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57 minutes ago
By JOHN J. LUMPKIN,
Associated Press WriterWASHINGTON
- American soldiers who shot and killed an Italian intelligence officer in a friendly fire incident in Baghdad generally followed instructions for dealing with potential threats, a U.S. investigation is expected to conclude.
But the probe into the March 4 shooting is also expected to raise concerns about the rules of engagement at a Baghdad checkpoint, a senior U.S. defense official said.
The official spoke on condition of anonymity because the report has not been finished.
Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld and Gen. Richard Myers, chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff, acknowledged Tuesday that Italian officials who participated in the investigation have still not signed off on the report's conclusions. But at a Pentagon briefing, they provided no details about the report."
My latest information is that they have not come to a final agreement on a joint report," Rumsfeld said of U.S. and Italian investigators."
It's an investigation, it was done together, intimately, and I think that we'll just have to wait and see what they come out with," he added.
Myers said the final report will be issued in Baghdad.
According to Italian news reports, Italian officials disagreed with the U.S. findings and were refusing to sign it. Ben Duffy, a U.S. Embassy spokesman in Rome, said the United States was still hoping for a combined report.
In Rome, Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi, a staunch U.S. ally facing strong opposition at home to his decision to send troops to Iraq after the U.S.-led invasion, assured Parliament Tuesday that the investigation into the killing was not over.
Berlusconi apologized for what he called "an unfortunate leak" suggesting that the investigation was completed. He spoke shortly after the U.S. ambassador to Italy met with the premier's top aide to see if crucial differences over the investigation could be worked out.
Premier Silvio Berlusconi signs of on this he is dead in the water
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