Not so fast?

Most of the left and center blogosphere were quick to dismiss the shooting if Italian journalist Giuliana Sgrena as one of those unfortunate accidents that happen in a war zone. Over at The Left Coaster pessimist has a long rambling post discussing how it might not all add up and that we might already be seeing a cover up.

Scolari also said the shootout took place 700 meters from the airport, after they had already passed other road blocks. At a press conference he said: "Giuliana and the other people who were there told me that the American attack was completely unjustified. They had alerted the whole chain of command, the Italian troops were awaiting them at the airport. And yet, they fired 300, 400 rounds. Why?"

Well perhaps it was because she was reporting conditions that neither the Bush administration or the Italian government wanted reported.

Italian journalist Giuliana Sgrena has challenged the U.S. account of a shooting incident that left her wounded and an Italian intelligence officer dead shortly after her release by Iraqi insurgents. And in an article for Sunday's edition of her newspaper, Il Manifesto, she said the shooting, which occurred Friday as agents were taking her to the airport in Baghdad, recalled her captors' warning that "the Americans don't want you to return." Sgrena, who was kidnapped outside a mosque in Baghdad on February 4, said her captors treated her well and took her to meet the Italian security agents after blindfolding her, telling her, "don't give any signals of your presence with us, otherwise the Americans could intervene." At the time, she said, "I considered those words superfluous and ideological. At that moment they risked acquiring the flavor of the bitterest of truths."
Sgrena said she "risked everything" to challenge "the Italian government, who didn't want journalists to reach Iraq, and the Americans," who she said did not want the public to see "what really became of that country with the war, and notwithstanding that which they call elections."

I'm not quite ready to put on my tinfoil hat but I am sad to say that none of this would surprise me. I have no doubt that the evil cabal of the Bush crime family is capable of cold blooded murder.

Go read the rest of pessimist's post, there is much more.

Update
Joe Gandelman has an even handed discussion on the subject. While it's too early to put on the tinfoil hat it's too early to put it away.