From ‘al-Qu’eda’ to ‘Abductions’-the deceptions continue :: from www.uruknet.info :: news from occupied Iraq - it
From ‘al-Qu’eda’ to ‘Abductions’-the deceptions continue :: from www.uruknet.info :: news from occupied Iraq - it: "It’s ages since I’ve dumped on my favourite newspaper, the Independent for its 'news’ coverage but I broke down and bought the damn thing because of what I found on the front page this week.
Under the head of 'An American Nightmare' (15/5/07) we read that US troops have been 'kidnapped' by 'al-Qu’ida'. It’s not clear who holds the by-line for the front page, either Rupert Cornwall or Patrick Cockburn, not that it matters either way as on turning to page 2 we find that both are singing from the same song sheet.
The copy on the front page asserts without question that the US troops have been 'kidnapped by al-Qu’ida in Iraq' but on page 2 in a piece by Rupert Cornwall we read that
'[There is] no firm proof' merely a 'belief' by US commanders that it’s an 'al-Qu’eda’ operation. But no matter, the paltry issue of proof doesn’t seem to trouble Cornwall who insists that it’s"
Under the head of 'An American Nightmare' (15/5/07) we read that US troops have been 'kidnapped' by 'al-Qu’ida'. It’s not clear who holds the by-line for the front page, either Rupert Cornwall or Patrick Cockburn, not that it matters either way as on turning to page 2 we find that both are singing from the same song sheet.
The copy on the front page asserts without question that the US troops have been 'kidnapped by al-Qu’ida in Iraq' but on page 2 in a piece by Rupert Cornwall we read that
'[There is] no firm proof' merely a 'belief' by US commanders that it’s an 'al-Qu’eda’ operation. But no matter, the paltry issue of proof doesn’t seem to trouble Cornwall who insists that it’s"
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