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2008-04-14 Iraq

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Posted by tu3031 2008-04-14 13:48|| || Front Page|| [11136 views ] Top

#1 BBC Headline: British journalist FREED in Iraq

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/7346487.stm

In another BBC article he's RELEASED.

It's "almost" deliberately misleading.

Posted by Bright Pebbles 2008-04-14 14:00|| 2008-04-14 14:00|| Front Page Top

#2 It will be interesting to see what kind of coverage the Iraqi forces get from the MSM or if it gets spun somehow????
Would they so stoopid as to bite the hand that frees it???

Posted by USN,Ret. 2008-04-14 14:02|| 2008-04-14 14:02|| Front Page Top

#3 Would they so stoopid as to bite the hand that frees it???

Yes but its not out of stupidity; its out of malice.

Posted by mhw 2008-04-14 14:14|| 2008-04-14 14:14|| Front Page Top

#4 Richard Butler was in good condition when he was found with a sack over his head and his hands tied inside a house

Too bad they didn't follow the British-Army model and 'not get involved in an obvious Shiite matter'.

Posted by Pappy 2008-04-14 15:28|| 2008-04-14 15:28|| Front Page Top

#5 The the Iraqi government, doing british heavy lifting again. Whay exactly are the british forces still doing in sothern Iraq? Are they waiting to surrender to Iran?

And yes, I know the problem comes from the top.

Posted by Hector 2008-04-14 16:27|| 2008-04-14 16:27|| Front Page Top

#6 This guy works for the Australian version of 60 Minutes, a program I loath and refuse to watch under circumstances, not least because they paid terrorists large amounts of money for their stories. Thus making terrorism both cool and profitable.

Posted by phil_b 2008-04-14 19:02|| 2008-04-14 19:02|| Front Page Top

#7 phil b - wonder if this schmuck still thinks terrorism's coooool.

Posted by Barbara Skolaut">Barbara Skolaut 2008-04-14 20:06|| http://ariellestjohndesigns.com/]">[http://ariellestjohndesigns.com/] 2008-04-14 20:06|| Front Page Top

#8 I wonder if briton's foreign office will offer his kidnappers sanctuary, along with tea and scones.

spit

Posted by Hector 2008-04-14 20:14|| 2008-04-14 20:14|| Front Page Top

#9 His fortune is made, the papers will throw ungodly sums at him gor an "Exclusive" Interview, then slant/print whatever they want (Depending on the paper's intended Agenda)

Posted by Redneck Jim">Redneck Jim 2008-04-14 22:47|| 2008-04-14 22:47|| Front Page Top

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