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Politics : Impeach George W. Bush -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: sea_biscuit who wrote (80399)	5/22/2007 4:06:10 PM
From: jlallen	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 93284

lol Hallucinating again? I never said GWB was my hero....and since the troops will not be fully deployed until June its a bit early to call the plan a success or failure....dipyshit. Try not to sound like such a mental patient. J.

To: sea_biscuit who wrote (80399)	5/22/2007 4:07:56 PM
From: jlallen	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 93284

The Media and Iraq By Lorie Byrd on Iraq Wizbang The Christian Science Monitor has an interesting interview with Bill Roggio about how the media is reporting Iraq. <<< Chinni: I know you weren't particularly pleased with the media's coverage of Iraq as of December. Has it gotten better, worse, or more accurate since then? Roggio: In some respects the media coverage in Iraq has improved, such as the recent spate of reporting on the remarkable success in suppressing Al Qaeda and the insurgency in Anbar Province. But as a whole, the coverage in Iraq lacks context, and reporters as a whole display a lack of knowledge of counterinsurgency and the role the media plays in an insurgency's information campaign. For instance, the success in Anbar was immediately negated when Al Qaeda conducted a suicide attack in Ramadi in early May, and the Associated Press "reported" that the attack dealt "a blow to recent U.S. success in reclaiming the Sunni city from insurgents." Al Qaeda conducted the attack to generate such an opening paragraph. This type of reporting is all too common in Iraq. In the media reporting, the Baghdad Security Plan (the troop surge) was practically declared a failure before it even began. Al Qaeda and insurgent groups have clearly reduced attacks in the capital (even though the full complement of forces are yet to arrive, and much of Baghdad has yet to be cleared) and increased attacks in the provinces. Yet these attacks are generally lumped together. The goal posts have been shifted, and Al Qaeda achieves the desired effect - Iraq is a failure. >>> Read the entire piece for more ways al Qaeda and others manipulate the media to get the coverage they desire. Update: Jules Crittenden has a good roundup of recent news from Iraq julescrittenden.com feeds.wizbangblog.com csmonitor.com