Taken leave of their senses, or...

...know exactly what they are doing?

Reuters carries a story by Robin Pomeroy which might be interpreted as saying that the Italian journalist who was recently rescued from kidnappers in Iraq was tortured out of her senses. If so, she isn't alone. The paranoid right is bad enuf; the paranoid left seems well ensconced in the Italian government:

ROME (Reuters) - Italian hostage Giuliana Sgrena, shot and wounded after being freed in Iraq, said Sunday U.S. forces may have deliberately targeted her because Washington opposed Italy's policy of dealing with kidnappers.

She offered no evidence for her claim...(T)he journalist...worked for a communist daily...The U.S. military says the car was speeding toward a checkpoint and ignored warning shots, an explanation denied by government ministers and the driver of the car.

Speaking from her hospital bed where she is being treated, Sgrena told Sky Italia TV it was possible the soldiers had targeted her because Washington opposes Italy's dealings with kidnappers that may include ransom payments.

"The United States doesn't approve of this (ransom) policy and so they try to stop it in any way possible."

According to Italy's leading daily Corriere della Sera, the driver, an unidentified Italian agent, said: "We were driving slowly, about 40-50 km/h (25-30 mph)."

...Although Italy has denied paying kidnappers in past hostage releases, Agriculture Minister Gianni Alemanno told the Corriere that "very probably" a large ransom had been paid in this case.

Italian newspapers have speculated that anything up to 8 million euros ($10 million) may have been paid...

Italy's minister for parliamentary relations, Carlo Giovanardi, has also said he did not believe the U.S. version of events.

So, is the Italian government encouraging continued kidnappings by paying huge ransoms?

The far left has been Saddam Hussein's most unwavering group of supporters: is Giuliana Sgrena consciously working against democratic/capitalist reform in the Middle East? Of course she is: she's a communist. Opposing capitalism is what communists do. And when was the last time communists worked for open and free elections after they had power?

As far as the US troops targeting her: She'd like to be so important.

Perhaps she should tell her story to Eason Jordan. Click here: My Way News

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