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Politics : Bush Administration's Media Manipulation--MediaGate? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Orcastraiter who wrote (7135)	6/6/2006 8:50:41 PM
From: Proud_Infidel	Respond to of 9838

Islamists know where we live CFP ^ \| Tuesday, June 6, 2006 \| Klaus Rohrich canadafreepress.com Losers, all. That’s what we Westerners are and the Islamic fundamentalists bent on our destruction know it. Even when the police nails a cell of 17 would-be terrorists, catching them red-handed with 3 tonnes of 34-0-0 fertilizer, which you can bet wasn’t acquired to fertilize their lawns, the media and government go to great lengths to assure everyone that the arrests have nothing to do with any "specific community or ethno-cultural group in Canada." At least that’s how CSIS spokesperson Luc Portelance categorized the arrests. The Toronto Sun’s resident Islamophile "foreign" correspondent, Eric Margolis, even went so far as to wonder if the whole investigation and arrest wasn’t some kind of CSIS set-up. Margolis moronically posited "It’s possible that among the 12 adults and five minors charged, Canadian security organizations have rounded up some loud-mouthed teenagers who have been encouraged to sedition by government "agents provocateurs". Right, Eric, and the fertilizer was going to be used for a modest home garden in Scarborough and the electrical detonation devices seized were actually intended to be used as a TV remote and the whole conspiracy was fabricated by government agents eager to please George W. Bush and the neo-cons. (Excerpt) Read more at canadafreepress.com ...

To: Orcastraiter who wrote (7135)	6/7/2006 10:23:07 AM
From: Proud_Infidel	Respond to of 9838

Officer praises Haditha marines SMH.com.au ^ \| 6/7/06 \| Adam Tanner AN OFFICER who once led the US marine platoon later accused of killing 24 civilians in Haditha has said his unit acted with restraint and a firm moral compass in earlier engagements. First Lieutenant Jesse Grapes, 27, led his 43-man platoon during months of fighting so fierce that three were killed and about half were wounded. He left the platoon in August, three months before the incident in which some men who had been under his command are alleged to have killed innocent Haditha civilians in anger over the death of a fellow soldier. "I can honestly say that throughout my time with the marines I knew, they served themselves and their country with honour and courage, and were guided by a strong moral compass," he said on Tuesday, in his first interview since news of the Haditha killings sparked fresh outrage over the US war in Iraq. "I can think of a number of incidents where it could have been easy for them to lose that moral compass, and they never did." Lieutenant Grapes, who now runs a school in Silicon Valley, California, said that in more than five months of "intense" patrols around Falluja, only once did he see a soldier fire a gun in anger. In that incident, just outside Falluja, he said Lance Corporal Miguel Terrazas - whose death later appeared to trigger the rampage in Haditha - angrily shot an Iraqi leaving the scene after setting off an explosive device that killed a member of the platoon. Terrazas later received a commendation for his actions. "He was probably the most popular marine in the platoon of 43," said Lieutenant Grapes, who volunteered for the military immediately after the September 11 attacks. "It was almost impossible not to love him." Despite his pride in his platoon, Lieutenant Grapes said it was possible some of the marines were involved in misdeeds in Haditha. The military is now investigating the killings and some expect murder charges to be laid against key figures. "These marines have been under a great amount of duress for long periods of time and seeing lots of terrible things," he said. "It's not exonerating it in any way, but it provides some back story. I'm personally heartbroken that this occurred for all parties - for the Iraqis, for the marines involved." The death toll among Iraqi civilians continues to soar. May was the bloodiest month in Baghdad since the war began, with nearly 1400 civilians murdered in targeted killings and many more dying in bomb blasts. smh.com.au

To: Orcastraiter who wrote (7135)	6/8/2006 9:37:28 AM
From: Proud_Infidel	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 9838

Uncontainable excitement Posted by Richard Engel, Middle East bureau chief (09:07 am ET, 06/ 8/06) It began like this: We got a phone call this morning that we had to come to an important press conference by the Iraqi prime minister here in the Green Zone. We were given no details, but we were told that it was important that we should come. Once we got there, it was clear that something else was afoot. They were setting up American flags and Iraqi flags at the podium and it was clear that if this was just an announcement by the prime minister, there would be no American flags in the building. Quickly the prime minister arrived and he was flanked by General Casey and the U.S. Ambassador Zalmay Khalilzad. At that stage we knew a big announcement was coming, to have all three of them together. And Maliki got up the podium and right away he said, "This is a message to all of the people who commit acts of terrorism; Zarqawi has been eliminated." Then all of the Iraqi journalists who were in the room started to applaud. There were women in the back who started "ululating" – which is that traditional Arabic way of celebration when someone wags the tongue back and forth and makes sort of a wailing or shrieking noise. People started applauding and cheering. I hadn’t seen that kind of reaction since Saddam Hussein was captured and there was a similar spontaneous outpouring of excitement from the Iraqi press corps that was gathered. There were very few journalists in the room - there were probably only 20 of us there – because the press conference was organized on such short notice, but there was a great amount of excitement. People were throwing out questions to the prime minister and Casey to try to get details on what happened. Then afterwards, I walked up to one of al-Malaki’s aides who I know and started giving him a hard time, saying "What are you doing to me? Why didn’t you tell me about this beforehand?" He just smiled. He couldn’t contain his excitement. He gave me a hug. It was just an indication of how ecstatic they are that not only is Zarqawi dead, but that this can be a new start for the Iraqi government. He was literally hugging me because he couldn’t contain his excitement. baghdadblog.msnbc.com