The U.S. soldier accused in the deadly shooting of Italian intelligence agent Nicola Calipari in Iraq is causing an uproar in Italy for defending the shooting and refusing to express remorse. In his first interview since the shooting two years ago, Mario Lozano told the New York Post he was forced to open fire on Calipari’s vehicle to defend himself. Calipari was escorting the Italian reporter Giuliana Sgrena out of Iraq following her release from a month-long abduction. Lozano has been indicted in Italy and will be tried in absentia next week. Calipari’s widow, Rosa, said she was hurt by Lozano’s comments and urged him to speak to Italian prosecutors instead of U.S. newspapers.