Sgrena's Tale

Seems now Giuliana Sgrena is claiming there was no checkpoint, that a US tank just drove up along side and opened fire. Neal's Nuze has more on this, including a link to an English language translation of Sgrena's article in Il Manifesto. It should be noted that Il Manifesto is an anti-American, Marxist/Leninist publication. Not that you would know that from the MSM

Sgrena also claims that some 300 to 400 rounds were fired. This is the armament of an Abrams sans the 120mm smooth bore gun:

The commander has a 12.7mm Browning M2 machine gun and the loader has a 7.62mm M240 machine gun. A 7.62mm M240 machine gun is also mounted coaxially on the right hand side of the main armament.

Take a trip to Little Green Footballs for a picture of the vehicle Sgrena was riding in. Do note the intact windshield.

This story of Sgrena's is begining to smell like 3 day old pesci! - Sailor