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2007-11-22 Iraq

US defends AP photographers detention in Iraq

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Posted by Steve White 2007-11-22 00:00|| || Front Page|| [6 views ] Top
File under: Iraqi Insurgency

#1 In other news, the Coalition has killed thousands in Iraq without having charged them. In Afghanistan, the same. Rumor has it that the US killed hundreds of thousands in Korea, Vietnam, and WWII without charging them.

Uh, yeah, idiots, because IT'S A FRIGGIN' WAR, not a handsome peace-time court in the US.

The wires have always used this little snarky distortion when discussing the various times their employees have run afoul of the forces of good. I actually confronted some on it once, receiving mostly blank stares (they literally didn't even understand my point - this is sometimes the intellectual level we're up against). I hounded the military side public affairs people to talk smack and clarify the issues in an aggressive manner so that the press would have to report it, to almost no avail. There was, for a time, one wee little tidbit in press releases on related matters that pointed out the enemy's policy of war crimes (endangering non-combatants deliberately to gain military advantage) was entirely responsible for the unfortunate deaths and injuries to (uh, stupid) reporters who got caught up in cross-fires.

I hope the team in charge of Bilal's case is a little sharper than the group that looks like they will put on military commissions in Gitmo no sooner than the second Giuliani Administration ....

Posted by Verlaine 2007-11-22 03:46|| 2007-11-22 03:46|| Front Page Top

#2 Earlier this week, the Pentagon called Hussein a terrorist media operative who ~~infiltrated~~ was recruited by the AP.

Fixed it.

Posted by Abu Uluque6305 2007-11-22 10:30|| 2007-11-22 10:30|| Front Page Top

#3 Maybe the Italians want a crack at Bilal for the propaganda show and snapping away while an Italian was murdered.

Posted by ed 2007-11-22 10:57|| 2007-11-22 10:57|| Front Page Top

#4 I hounded the military side public affairs people to talk smack and clarify the issues in an aggressive manner so that the press would have to report it, to almost no avail.

Yet another indicator that our propaganda experts are all brain dead.

Posted by Zenster">Zenster 2007-11-22 12:35|| 2007-11-22 12:35|| Front Page Top

#5 If we considered the photogs mucking about with terrorists the enemy and popped them on sight, this nonsense would have ended long ago. Our blind allegiance to peacetime rules in war is viewed as a weakness to be exploited by our enemies, who have more common sense that many in our govt, at least w/r/t fighting a war with no holds barred.

Posted by Alaska Paul">Alaska Paul 2007-11-22 13:01|| 2007-11-22 13:01|| Front Page Top

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