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Panel: U.S. underreported Iraq violence
Posted: Wed Dec 06, 2006 5:59 pm
by dnpmakkah
U.S. military and intelligence officials have systematically underreported the violence in Iraq in order to suit the Bush administration's policy goals, the bipartisan Iraq Study Group said.
The panel pointed to one day last July when U.S. officials reported 93 attacks or significant acts of violence. "Yet a careful review of the reports for that single day brought to light 1,100 acts of violence," it said.
LINK HERE

Posted: Wed Dec 06, 2006 6:19 pm
by Jake
Dude, are you crazyhorse2?
Posted: Wed Dec 06, 2006 7:26 pm
by dnpmakkah
Jake wrote:Dude, are you crazyhorse2?
No i'm not CH2

I know people don't want to hear this kind of news about the U.S. but it is important to point it out so that in the future people won't be so quick to deny that this sort of stuff is done by the government. I look at it like this. Just because it is news that people don't want to hear about doesn't mean it shouldn't be reported.

Posted: Wed Dec 06, 2006 11:47 pm
by joebagadonuts
1,100 'sigificant' acts of violence in one day? That's one every 80 seconds. I'm not a big defender of Mr. Bush, but that's difficult to believe.
Posted: Wed Dec 06, 2006 11:51 pm
by Jake
dnpmakkah wrote:Jake wrote:Dude, are you crazyhorse2?
No i'm not CH2

I know people don't want to hear this kind of news about the U.S. but it is important to point it out so that in the future people won't be so quick to deny that this sort of stuff is done by the government. I look at it like this. Just because it is news that people don't want to hear about doesn't mean it shouldn't be reported.

I didn't even read the post.
I don't read any posts by crazyhorse or you or anyone posting politics in the lounge or in smack.
All I know is that some people seem to care more about posting political threads for the sake of it rather than talking about the Redskins.
Posted: Wed Dec 06, 2006 11:51 pm
by Redskin in Canada
I try not to participate in political threads. But today's event is truly worth noticing:
IRAQ STUDY GROUP REPORT
This is the most serious and objective bi-partisan effort to avoid a catastrophe in Iraq. Watch C-Span2 to hear the Press Conference held in Washington, DC -today- .
This material is definitely worth reading -regardless- of what the position of anybody might be on this important issue.
I am not commenting further or discussiong this topic in this thread. I am done.
Posted: Thu Dec 07, 2006 12:39 pm
by dnpmakkah
Jake wrote:All I know is that some people seem to care more about posting political threads for the sake of it rather than talking about the Redskins.
Then you have some people who come into a thread, make no contribution towards the subject matter only to say they didn't read the article and could care less about political threads.
Posted: Thu Dec 07, 2006 12:51 pm
by Fios
dnpmakkah wrote:Jake wrote:All I know is that some people seem to care more about posting political threads for the sake of it rather than talking about the Redskins.
Then you have some people who come into a thread, make no contribution towards the subject matter only to say they didn't read the article and could care less about political threads.
I like pizza
Posted: Fri Dec 08, 2006 2:50 pm
by dnpmakkah
The U.S. military said ground forces with air support killed 20 suspected al Qaeda militants, including two women, in an area north of the capital where the Sunni Arab insurgency is strong.
Police and officials in Ishaqi, 90 km (50 miles) north of Baghdad, said the bodies of 17 civilians, including six women and five children, were found in the rubble of two homes.
"The Americans have done this before but they always deny it," Ishaqi Mayor Amer Alwan told Reuters by telephone. "I want the world to know what's happening here."
LINK HERE

Posted: Fri Dec 08, 2006 4:33 pm
by TincoSkin
is any thing that comes out of iraq a surprise? id expect our government to underreport violence.. other wise it would mean they wernt trying hardenough to win.. its gonna happen in the effort to win then we get to yell at them later its a great cylce.