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To: combjelly who wrote (265158)	12/19/2005 12:14:06 PM
From: Road Walker	Respond to of 1586660

Agree...

To: combjelly who wrote (265158)	12/19/2005 2:50:28 PM
From: tejek	Respond to of 1586660

We get very little information out of Iraq, it is hard to follow what is happening there. It, in fact, is worse that could be gleaned before because now we know that a certain amount of the news is commissioned by the military. So we can probably discount anything positive like those stories about villages defending themselves against insurgents and such. Most of the media people there stick to the green zone, so there isn't any way to get information outside of that area. For obvious reasons, the military isn't going to be a good source. Even if they follow the old rules which firmly discouraged misinformation, they aren't going to report things that reflect poorly on the mission. But they don't follow those rule any more. There is the occasional journalist like Nir Rosen who do travel about the country. That's why I listen to what he has to say. And his prognosis is not good. ted