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2004-07-12 Iraq

99 foreign fighters detained in Iraq (Make them all sing!)

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Posted by Mark Espinola 2004-07-12 10:49:06 PM|| || Front Page|| [1 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 "U.S. officials have long blamed the violence on foreign fighters who crossed into Iraq to wreak havoc." Excuse me? US officials have long blamed the violence on a COMBINATION of former regime elements AND foreign fighters (and once in a while think to throw in the substantial criminal component in much of the festivities).

There is no administration position/action WRT to Iraq or the WOT too small or mundane that it doesn't get distorted by Big Media. When is someone going to start up a serious wire service to replace the wrecks that once were AP and Reuters?

Posted by Verlaine 2004-07-12 11:34:43 PM|| 2004-07-12 11:34:43 PM|| Front Page Top

#2 I think there's a little disinfo going on here. Notice the careful choice of words: it doesn't say how many have been captured, just how many are currently being detained *in Iraq*.
(on a more brutal note, I think back to the time of Stalin, when he asked one of his chiefs how many political prisoners there were in Moscow, and he replied to Stalin and his guests "none". He was being quite honest, as Stalin had ordered all of the Moscow prisoners killed the week before.)

Posted by Anonymoose 2004-07-12 11:53:56 PM|| 2004-07-12 11:53:56 PM|| Front Page Top

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