In Iraq, the U.S. military command in Iraq has blocked two Italian policemen from examining the car in which an Italian intelligence agent was shot to death in Baghdad. This according to a report in an Italian newspaper. On March 4 U.S. forces opened fire on a car carrying Italian journalist Giuliana Sgrena who had just been freed after being held hostage. Sgrena survived the shooting but Italian intelligence agent Nicola Calipari was killed. Sgrena has suggested that the U.S. knowingly opened fire on their convoy — a claim the US has rejected