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Politics : Stop the War! -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: E. T. who wrote (4382)	3/28/2003 7:03:12 AM
From: zonder	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 21614

But it is a fact, that the locals hate the Iraqi soldiers Really? And that is a fact because.... let me guess.... US media says so! :-)

To: E. T. who wrote (4382)	3/28/2003 10:35:48 AM
From: zonder	Respond to of 21614

E.T. - Here is how Blair has lied: media.guardian.co.uk Blair's 'execution' claim disputed by soldier's family Jason Deans Friday March 28, 2003 The political spin battle to win over public opinion during the war was today thrown into the spotlight after Tony Blair's claim that two British soldiers killed in Iraq were executed was challenged by the family of one of the victims. The sister of 24-year-old sapper Luke Allsopp said the army had told her that her brother died in action - and was not executed. Her remarks at a time of deep personal grief are a PR setback for Tony Blair and illustrate yet again how much of the war is being "sold" in emotive or triumphant language. The Mirror, which vehemently opposes the conflict, today carried an exclusive interview with Allsop's sister across its first three pages under the provocative headlines, "Our Luke was not executed" and "Why lie?". This is the most direct challenge yet to British government and military spin about the war from the media, which is becoming increasingly frustrated with reporting unsubstantiated claims that later turn out to be untrue. "The colonel from [Luke's] barracks came around to our house to tell us he was not executed. Luke's Land Rover was ambushed and he died instantly," Nina Allsopp said. "He told us he was doing what he could to set the record straight. We are very angry. It makes a big difference to us knowing that he died quickly," Ms Allsopp told the Mirror. "We can't understand why people are lying about what happened. It must be a mistake. It's important to us that people know the truth." Ms Allsopp said she was stunned when she heard Mr Blair had been on TV claiming her brother had been executed in his televised press conference in Washington yesterday. Pressed by reporters about his claim, the prime minister said: "The reason I used the language I did was because of the circumstances that we know."