Unmittelbar nach ihrer Freilassung aus der Gewalt von Entführern ist die italienische Journalistin Giuliana Sgrena nach Angaben der Zeitung "Il Manifesto" beim Beschuss ihres Konvois durch US-Truppen auf dem Weg zum Bagdader Flughafen verletzt worden.
They said nothing about that on the news here. Just that she was free. Maybe they're already trying to cover it up. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/disagree.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/memad.gif" alt="" />
@Alrik On the other topic. That has been going on for a long time in Italy. And not just to olive trees. Local goverments are corrupted. They let everyone with enough $$$ or with the right (maffia) connections chop wood anywhere. Remember all the landslides that flood whole villages after heavy rainfall in the latest years? Those happened becouse of that. When the trees are gone, the earth gets very dry (like you said) and loose. Before it was "held together" by the roots of the trees. Then when it rains heavely all this loose soil starts to flow from the mountains. Creating gigantic rivers of mud. You can see it as a tsunami on land in a way. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/disagree.gif" alt="" /> Lots of (mostly regional) environmental organisations have been protesting against it. And after a couple of major disasters it seemed to have come to a stand still. But only for a short time I fear. Till the eyes of the world are on other things again. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/sad.gif" alt="" />
