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Talking Points Memo: by Joshua Micah Marshall June 22, 2007 04:00 PM

Talking Points Memo: by Joshua Micah Marshall June 22, 2007 04:00 PM: "It's a curious thing that, over the past 10 - 12 days, the news from Iraq refers to the combatants there as 'al-Qaida' fighters. When did that happen?
Until a few days ago, the combatants in Iraq were 'insurgents' or they were referred to as 'Sunni' or 'Shia'a' fighters in the Iraq Civil War. Suddenly, without evidence, without proof, without any semblance of fact, the US military command is referring to these combatants as 'al-Qaida'.
Welcome to the latest in Iraq propaganda."

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