US 'attacked' Sgrena

"Giuliana had information, and the US military did not want her to survive,"

The companion of freed Italian journalist Giuliana Sgrena has levelled serious accusations at US troops who fired at her convoy as it was nearing Baghdad airport, saying the shooting had been deliberate. Full Story

Also checkout her interview to the BBC where she talks about her kidnapping and the attack. There were no warning shots fired apparently, the only shots fired were on that car carrying her. She's not the first journalist who's come under fire from American troops.

46 journalists and assistants have been killed in Iraq since the war begin, according to Reporters without Borders. At the World Economic Forum in Davos, Eason Jordan, Chief News Executive of CNN, said that some journalists had been not only killed but targeted by U.S. troops. Rebecca MacKinnon says that "The official WEF summary does not mention Eason's remarks, and there is no transcript or webcast. But I was in the room and Rony's account is consistent with what I heard," and says she would like to hear from other CNN reporters in Iraq.