Freed Italian hostage Giuliana Sgrena has described how US forces sprayed her car with bullets as it neared safety in Iraq, wounding her and killing the man who had secured her release moments earlier.
"He leaned over me, probably to protect me, and then he slumped down, and I saw he was dead," said Sgrena.
"The firing was not justified by the speed of our car," she reportedly said, adding it was travelling at a "regular" speed.
"It wasn't a checkpoint, but a patrol which shot as soon as it had lit us up with a spotlight. We had no idea where the shots were coming from."
WHAT AN ABSOLUTLY DISCRACEFUL ACT BY U.S FORCES.
"He leaned over me, probably to protect me, and then he slumped down, and I saw he was dead," said Sgrena.
"The firing was not justified by the speed of our car," she reportedly said, adding it was travelling at a "regular" speed.
"It wasn't a checkpoint, but a patrol which shot as soon as it had lit us up with a spotlight. We had no idea where the shots were coming from."
WHAT AN ABSOLUTLY DISCRACEFUL ACT BY U.S FORCES.
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