To the surprise of no one, the U.S. has decided its soldiers in Iraq did nothing wrong when they shot up a car carrying a just-freed Italian journalist to Baghdad's airport.

And just as not surprisingly, the Italian government isn't accepting the U.S.'s version as the gospel truth of what happened that night. Sgrena herself has blasted the findings in a front-page story in Il Manifesto, the newspaper that employs her.

An excerpt from the first BBC story:

US troops cleared over shooting

Calipari threw himself over Sgrena when the bullets hit US military investigators have cleared American soldiers of any wrongdoing over the death of an Italian agent, who was shot at a checkpoint in Baghdad. Nicola Calipari was killed by US forces as he travelled in a car near Baghdad airport after securing the release of Italian hostage Giuliana Sgrena. Ms Sgrena, who had been held by Iraqi kidnappers, was hurt in the incident. The US soldiers were "not culpable" according to the US military report, which Italy has refused to endorse. Differing accounts A US army official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said the Italian and US authorities still disagree over the speed at which the vehicle approached the checkpoint and how much communication there was between those in the car and the checkpoint guards. "The United States is ready to release the report but Italy has more questions," the official said. Here's the version where Sgrena comments: Ms Sgrena described the conclusion as a "slap in the face" and urged the Italian government to react. "The greatest disappointment would be if our authorities were to accept this insult without reacting," Ms Sgrena wrote in a front page editorial in her newspaper, Il Manifesto. "All the words said about Calipari would turn into hypocrisy... and Nicola would have been our government's hero, just for one day." Here are Sgrena's comments from a later version: Ms Sgrena described the conclusion as a "slap in the face" and urged the Italian government to react. "The greatest disappointment would be if our authorities were to accept this insult without reacting," Ms Sgrena wrote in a front page editorial in her newspaper, Il Manifesto. "All the words said about Calipari would turn into hypocrisy... and Nicola would have been our government's hero, just for one day." ... Correspondents say attempts may be made to agree on a mutually acceptable version before the report is published