February 14, 2005

Sgrena Hostage Hoax Update

As predicted, Giuliana Sgrena's Italian Communist newspaper Il Manifesto condemns hostage taking. Yes, taking their employee was bad. Of course, that is not nearly as bad as the US occupation. Background on why this whole thing is a farce here. Translation from the terrorist supporting site Uruknet:

"Truly moving is the involvement of the Iraqi people in Giuliana Sgrena's ordeal," writes Il Manifesto's correspondent from Baghdad, Stefano Chiarini. "Suffering daily abuses and violence from occupation forces or their proxies, the Iraqis themselves are subjected to routine hostage-taking by the occupiers. If the father is not at home, they arrest his son, or brother, or other relative. Under the pretext of looking for arms, American soldiers and their Iraqi trainees look for jewels and money . And, yet, the whole country has mobilised for the liberation of Giuliana."
Sgrena comes from a long line of anti-Americans. As reported in the previous story, her father is a member of the Communist party. The report also confirms that she was a sixties radical opposed to all US efforts since her days in college.

By Rusty Shackleford, Ph.D. at 10:06 AM | |