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2007-10-01 Iraq

Civilian killings in Iraq plunge in September

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Posted by GolfBravoUSMC 2007-10-01 08:57|| || Front Page|| [2 views ] Top
File under: Iraqi Insurgency

#1 Oh, yeah, I head this on the radio this morning. A couple of things caught my ear -

last-ditch security crackdown - They were calling it that in the hope that it would fail, and everybody would say, "Well, that was the last-ditch effort".

crackdown was designed to buy time for Iraq's political leaders to reach benchmarks - Congress' benchmarks, taking time from their busy schedule of immigration reform, energy reform, education reform, tax reform, and Bush reform to tell the Iraqis the right way to reform their country.

Of course, on the radio, it's not identified as Reuters, but I could smell it.

Posted by Bobby 2007-10-01 09:17|| 2007-10-01 09:17|| Front Page Top

#2 Hmmm, what's changed ??
Did Hillary make a visit there ?

Posted by wxjames 2007-10-01 10:10|| 2007-10-01 10:10|| Front Page Top

#3 It is because brave Murtha made sure the Marines killing the innocent, brave Iraqis were put behind bars!

/sickliberalsarcasm

Posted by DarthVader">DarthVader 2007-10-01 10:29|| 2007-10-01 10:29|| Front Page Top

#4 When I read Rantburg I know I'm getting a biased view because it's out in the open and nobody makes any bones about it. I don't mind because for the most part I share these opinions and I know what I'm getting. By the same token if I read DailyKos, which I don't very often because I can't stand it, at least I know what I'm getting. But the subtle inclusion of opinion about the surge being a last ditch effort in what is purportedly a straight news article is truly offensive. I'm just not sure if it's done deliberatly or if the writers and editors have it so ingrained into their subconciousnes that they don't even think about it.

Posted by treo 2007-10-01 10:31|| 2007-10-01 10:31|| Front Page Top

#5 Treo

It's the ingrained thing. For sure.

Posted by mhw">mhw 2007-10-01 11:23|| http://hypocrisy-incorporated.blogspot.com/]">[http://hypocrisy-incorporated.blogspot.com/] 2007-10-01 11:23|| Front Page Top

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