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Italian Journalist Freed, Then Injurred by U.S. Friendly Fire NewsMax.com WiresROME -- An Italian journalist was injured when a U.S. armored vehicle mistakenly fired on her car after she was released from her captors in Iraq, news reports said Friday. One Italian secret service agent was killed in the shooting, and another was injured, the reports said. The Apcom and ANSA news agencies said that Giuliana Sgrena, a reporter for the communist daily Il Manifesto, was in a hospital in Iraq with a shoulder injury. The shooting occurred at a roadblock while the cars were heading to the airport, the reports said. Story Continues Below The U.S. military press desk in Baghdad had no immediate comment on reports of the shooting and said it was looking into the matter. There was no immediate reaction from Italian authorities. Earlier, the Italian government had confirmed Sgrena's release and said a plane was waiting to bring her back to Rome. Sgrena, 56, was abducted Feb. 4 by gunmen who blocked her car outside Baghdad University. Last month, she was shown in a video pleading for her life and demanding that all foreign troops - including Italian forces - leave Iraq.
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