Hostage fears troops targeted her

"Italian journalist Giuliana Sgrena has suggested US troops deliberately tried to kill her moments after she was released by her kidnappers in Baghdad." Why? Was it because she writes for a "leftist" newspaper, or as she states "it was possible the soldiers had targeted her because Washington opposed the policy of negotiating with kidnappers."

I really don't know if it was the heat of the moment or she was a target. I would not think it inconceivable that the latter be true. Whatever the reality is, the damage is done. When an idea is floated that we were intentionally shooting at a "friend" and that idea is widely accepted is a sure sign that our foreign policy/relations absolutely suck. Our cowboy image, so many want and cheer for, just doesn't cut it - it alienates, it degrades, it frustrates....