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2004-06-23 Iraq-Jordan

Baghdadâs view on Korean beheading: he deserved it

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Posted by rex 2004-06-23 7:22:00 PM|| || Front Page|| [2 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 yea these guy would be much better if we just allied with old saddam, took up his offer of cheap oil and attacked iran from iraq..but no we took the moral road...

Posted by Dan 2004-06-23 7:43:23 PM|| 2004-06-23 7:43:23 PM|| Front Page Top

#2 Hold on. Consider the source, the Sydney Morning Herald. According to Tim Blair it's to the left of the NYT. These are probably selective quotes sourced by a stringer who used to work for Saddam's Ministry of Information.

Posted by Mr. Davis 2004-06-23 7:49:39 PM|| 2004-06-23 7:49:39 PM|| Front Page Top

#3 Good point, #2. I thought about the bias as well, and there may be some of that, but the reporter included "neutral" reactions of the English Literature graduate and the interpreter, so it seems he tried to present a cross section of feedback, making it more believable to me. But what really troubled me was the visceral hatred that came out in 2 of the comments of Iraqis.

But even if Iraqis are unhappy about the US "occupation," I would have hoped that ordinary Iraqis would have wanted to distance themselves from the barbaric actions of the terrorists because those actions reflect poorly on Islam. But they did not even bother doing that and that is very disconcerting.

Posted by rex 2004-06-23 8:07:56 PM|| 2004-06-23 8:07:56 PM|| Front Page Top

#4 Paul McGeough, whose byline appears at the top, is known for being extremely anti-American in his both his news coverage and his op-eds (not that there's any real distinction here).

Posted by Zhang Fei 2004-06-23 8:08:42 PM|| [http://www.polipundit.com] 2004-06-23 8:08:42 PM|| Front Page Top

#5 Come on guys. This moron probably made up all the "interviews" although there is a SLIGHT possibility he interviewed a hundred iraqis until he found a few scum bags to quote. Stop buying into this crap will you?

Posted by Damn_Proud_American 2004-06-23 9:02:43 PM|| [http://brighterfuture.blogspot.com] 2004-06-23 9:02:43 PM|| Front Page Top

What's the point?

Congratulations! You've been suckered by the defeatist media.

Posted by someone 2004-06-24 5:14:43 AM|| 2004-06-24 5:14:43 AM|| Front Page Top

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