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CNN "news": can we believe anything they say anymore?
 The U.S. military faces between 13,000 and 17,000 insurgents in Iraq, the large majority of them backers of ousted Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein and his Baath Party, a senior military official said Tuesday... The senior military official told CNN the bulk of the insurgency is made up of 12,000 to 15,000 Arab Sunni followers of Saddam's party. The Baath Party was overthrown by a U.S.-led invasion in March 2003. Of those, the source said 5,000 to 7,000 are considered "committed" fighters, with the rest considered "fence-sitters," criminals or "facilitators" who contribute material support or sanctuary to the guerrillas. The official, who is familiar with the region, said about 500 other fighters have come from other countries to battle the U.S.-led forces in Iraq, while another group of fewer than 1,000 are believed to be followers of Jordanian-born Islamic terrorist Abu Musab al-Zarqawi...I guess you have to parse CNN stories to try to figure out what parts are more like reality, and what parts are fabricated. Examples: "...a(n) (unnamed) senior (higher ranking than PFC) military (Coast Guard) official (works in an office) said (overheard in a bar) Tuesday (or at least that is what my editor told me to write)..." Posted by: Anonymoose 2005-02-09 |
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