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2004-04-22 Iraq-Jordan

IWPR reports from behind Fallujahâs Front Line

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Posted by Super Hose 2004-04-22 22:37|| || Front Page|| [5 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 "Through binoculars provided by one of the fighters, we see two burnt-out Humvees and a personnel carrier on our side of the bridge - the result, the insurgents say, of a morning ambush which began the battle. But they have not been able to score any kills since. "The vehicles have a magnetic field which makes our rockets miss," one of the insurgents said."

How do you say tinfoil hat in Arabic?

Posted by Tibor 2004-04-22 11:01:57 PM|| 2004-04-22 11:01:57 PM|| Front Page Top

#2 Our guide says nothing, but we become angry in return. "How can you say this? We are Iraqis, we are Muslims - we came here to help you, because the Americans aren't telling the truth about casualties," we claimed, and show them our photographs of damaged houses in Gurma.

Nice unbiased reporting. I give it a 5.6 on the bullshit meter. Not quite as high as Al-jitzz but a possible contender with more practice.

Posted by CrazyFool 2004-04-22 11:11:12 PM|| 2004-04-22 11:11:12 PM|| Front Page Top

#3 This type of credulous self-delusion is why Islamic civilization has been in retreat since September 12, 1683 when King John Sobieski III of Poland beat back the Turks from the gates of Vienna. This type of propaganda is why so many of their young men die surprised.

Posted by RWV 2004-04-23 12:06:35 AM|| 2004-04-23 12:06:35 AM|| Front Page Top

#4 CF, I read the passage much differently than you did. The way I read the story was that the IWPR reporters adopted a Al Jizz persona to make it through the checkpoint so that they could get their report. In some case they seem to report embellished stories, but they portray them as 2nd hand reports that are unverified.

Their work is excellent in that it portrays the one brave guy as being able to walk down the street an obtain humanitarian supplies from the mosque without being plugged between the eyes.

Posted by Super Hose 2004-04-23 1:25:51 AM|| 2004-04-23 1:25:51 AM|| Front Page Top

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