Good Move

I believe it a good move to include the Italian officials in the in investigation to clarify the events that lead to the "hostage shooting" incident… Do I expect the investigation to find the soldiers on the ground did anything wrong, no -- do I expect that we find that "no communication" is the primary reason, yes, please notice I did not say "miscommunication" but "no communication… I do ask all the "conspiracy birds" to consider a primary fact -- the car approached at approximately 75 feet per second (25 yards), that is football field in four seconds - not much time to make a life and death decision.

The US military in Iraq has begun an investigation into the shooting incident last week that killed Italian intelligence agent Nicola Calipari.
US Brig Gen Peter Vangjel has been appointed to lead the inquiry, expected to take up to four weeks to complete.

The US-led coalition command added in a statement that Italian officials had been invited to take part. [Read story here]