By Matt for the TIB Network:
(Good news:) It appears that the communist writer that may or may not have been a willing hostage in Iraq has been freed. (Bad news:) It also appears that the Italians didn't coordinate their efforts with coalition forces as they were fired upon by US forces. (Result:) The former hostage was injured slightly and an Italian secret service agent lost his life. Get the early fragments of the story from ABC here.Developing...
3:50PM Update
Another Yahoo News Update:ROME (AP) The Italian prime minister says he has asked the U.S. ambassador for an explanation after an Italian official was killed at a U.S. checkpoint following the release of an Italian hostage.Well, I would think that the explaination will end up sounding a little like this: Italy failed to coordinate with coalition forces and I'd imagine their vehicle was driving like a bat outta Hades...this just wasn't a well executed operation on all sides.
