Monday, June 04, 2007
What's NOT what in Iraq
Matt Sanchez is embedded with the 5/10 Marine Civil Affairs Unit in Fallujah. According to Sanchez, much of what you're reading in the papers (and what you're seeing on the nightly news) vis-à-vis Iraq is bunk ... pure, unadulterated bunk:
"So, how did the death of a sole suicide bomber become the Wall Street Journal headline of 'Suicide Bombing in Fallujah Leaves 25 Dead, 50 Wounded?' To be fair, NPR, CBS, Sky News, and CNN all parroted the same numbers, as they rushed to report something—anything! The answer is a 20-minute helicopter away in Baghdad, where the majority of 'reporting' is done from the Green Zone."
Read the rest here.
"So, how did the death of a sole suicide bomber become the Wall Street Journal headline of 'Suicide Bombing in Fallujah Leaves 25 Dead, 50 Wounded?' To be fair, NPR, CBS, Sky News, and CNN all parroted the same numbers, as they rushed to report something—anything! The answer is a 20-minute helicopter away in Baghdad, where the majority of 'reporting' is done from the Green Zone."
Read the rest here.
# posted by Joltin' Django @ Monday, June 04, 2007 
