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2006-08-31 Iraq

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Posted by Bobby 2006-08-31 06:42|| || Front Page|| [2 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Associated Press reporters Bushra Juhi, Sinan Salaheddin, and Rawya Rageh contributed to this report from Baghdad. Although REBECCA SANTANA Associated Press Writer, gets the headline credit, and the poor grades for composition.

So from this we know that Rebecca was back in the Green Zone while her ~~former Saddam Baathist handlers~~ contributors were out doing the ~~creative writing~~ leg work.

Posted by Grung Thomock1532 2006-08-31 10:11|| 2006-08-31 10:11|| Front Page Top

#2 Hey, Mahmoud, get Rebecca a gin and tonic on me. Nice work, kid.
And turn up CNN so I can get the war news...

Posted by Grizzled War Correspondent 2006-08-31 12:20|| 2006-08-31 12:20|| Front Page Top

#3 Sort of know all three "contributors" - varied in quality but none are among the worst. Don't know Rebecca - but she's most likely not in the IZ.

FYI, Western press lives in "mini-green zones" outside the IZ but not far away, secured by a combo of private security and Iraqi forces w/ MND-B help; the only hotel in the IZ (Al Rasheed) is used only by out-of-towners on short visits, some with early AM embeds (which originate at the military press center in the IZ) or others who need to be inside the IZ before the normal curfews and checkpoint opening hours (7AM) would allow, frequently still photographers who have "pool" duty inside the IZ.

Meanwhile, I saw Peter Arnett was at the military press center today. No idea who he's working for. His brand of early 90s bias and useful-idiocy seem almost quaint in today's insane media environment.

Posted by Verlaine in Iraq 2006-08-31 17:07|| 2006-08-31 17:07|| Front Page Top

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