20 anni fa Nicola Calipari, agente Sismi incaricato di salvare la giornalista italiana Giuliana Sgrena, è stata uccisa dai soldati americani a un checkpoint in Iraq.

[Article here (Italian)](https://www.adnkronos.com/cronaca/nicola-calipari-chi-era-lo-007-che-mori-durante-la-liberazione-di-giuliana-sgrena_74TZNNWbraGdmFo1iBELi6)

__Nicola Calipari, who was the 007 who died during the liberation of Giuliana Sgrena.__

Nicola Calipari died a hero’s death on 4 March 20 years ago in Baghdad, hit by American ‘friendly fire’ at the end of a risky operation to free Giuliana Sgrena, the ‘Manifesto’ journalist kidnapped in Iraq. The police officer serving at Sismi was specialised in ‘impossible missions’. It was he who led the negotiations that led to the release of Simona Torretta and Simona Pari, who were themselves kidnapped in Iraq and freed thanks to the mediation of our 007.

__Death at the US check point__

It is the evening of 4 March 2005: the car, a Toyota Corolla, in which Nicola Calipari, another intelligence agent and Giuliana Sgrena are travelling, is heading towards Baghdad airport. The negotiations with the kidnappers were successful, the Italian journalist was freed and now it is only a matter of arranging the flight back to Italy. Suddenly, tragedy struck: a military patrol of the US National Guard was on guard duty on the ‘Route Irish’, the road connecting downtown Baghdad with the airport. The checkpoint was set up in anticipation of the passage of a convoy carrying the American ambassador. The car carrying Calipari arrived and came under fire from the US soldiers: the Italian 007 died under the bullets of the soldiers, Giuliana Sgrena was wounded.

__From the Genoa Police Headquarters to Sismi__

Nicola Calipari’s police career began in 1979 at the Genoa Questura, and then continued at the Cosenza Mobile Squad. Before his transfer to Sismi, Nicola Calipari had worked at the Rome Questura, first at the narcotics section and then as deputy chief of the Squadra Mobile. Subsequently, Calipari had been employed at the Criminalpol, at the Sco (Central Operations Service) of the State Police and at the Immigration Office of the Ministry of the Interior. In August 2002, the move to Sismi.

_Translated using DeepL_

This is how much you can trust the USA. They’ve killed us too. Absolute morons.

Were there any consequences for the American soldiers who killed him?

Why did the Americans open fire?

Americans have been getting away with murder for way too long. Time to hold them accountable!