Eclipsed from the headlines by the ongoing carnage, there is an active
civil resistance in Iraq that opposes the occupation, the torture regime
it protects, and the jihadi and Ba'athist 'resistance' alike.
A judge in Rome threw out Italy's case against a U.S. guardsman charged in the 2005 fatal shooting of an Italian intelligence agent in Iraq, siding Thursday with the defense argument that Italy had no jurisdiction.
Spc. Mario Lozano, 38, a former member of The Fighting 69th Infantry Regiment based in Manhattan, was on trial in absentia on charges of murder and attempted murder for the shooting of Nicola Calipari, hailed as a hero by Italians for his role in the rescue of a kidnapped Italian journalist...
Gasps arose in the courtroom as lead judge Angelo Gargani read out the decision. Prosecutor Pietro Saviotti said he would decide whether to appeal the ruling after the court makes its reasoning public, which will happen within 60 days.
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