Nicola Calipari, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Italian major general and SISMI military intelligence officer
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Place of Birth: Reggio Calabria, Calabria, Italy
About Nicola Calipari
- Nicola Calipari (June 23, 1953 – March 4, 2005) was an Italian major general and SISMI military intelligence officer.
- Calipari was killed by American soldiers while escorting a recently released Italian hostage, journalist Giuliana Sgrena, to Baghdad International Airport. During the 1990s, he was involved in several rescues of people kidnapped by 'Ndrangheta and other criminal organizations.
- He had spent most of his career in the Italian police, rising to a senior position, before joining the Italian military Security and Intelligence Service (SISMI) two years before his death. Calipari's death sparked one of the most serious diplomatic incidents between U.S.
- and Italy since the end of World War II.
- Calipari is one of only five US or European general officers to be injured or killed during combat operations in Iraq and Afghanistan.
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