Thursday, March 10, 2005

Sgrena / Calipari - The Mystery Deepens

This little tidbit will most certainly not cause anyone to put away their "T-word" hats:

Troops in Shooting Were for Negroponte

BAGHDAD, Iraq - U.S. troops who mistakenly killed an Italian intelligence agent last week on the road to Baghdad's airport were part of extra security provided by the U.S. Army to protect U.S. Ambassador John Negroponte, a U.S. official said Thursday...

Just coincidental, I'm sure...

Right?

Update, 9:15PM, EST - Oh, this is about friggin' right. Here's a WaPo report that lays out a bit of a timeline. How on God's green earth did Negroponte's death squad on the airport highway not know that Calipari was enroute with Sgrena?

Take off your "T-word" hat, because you know the answer already...