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Tuesday, November 28, 2006

Not All the News From Iraq Is Fake ... Just Some. The Question is: Which Part?

We are all familiar with atrocity stories out of Iraq, so when the next one comes along about, say six men being doused with gasoline and set afire, we agree that it’s all part of the rapidly deteriorating situation in Iraq. The faster we get out of this hellhole the better, right?

Well suppose some of the atrocities did not happen. Suppose part of the stories coming out of Iraq are fabrications created by … oh, I don’t know … maybe people who want us to think that the situation is totally out of control. Who want us to think that Arabs are animals focused on killing each other and us. Suppose some of the “reports” come from people who don’t really exist; people whose name and titles are fictions.

But surely a reputable organization like the aP would not do such a thing? Surely they would check on a report by of six people being burned to death.

Well, let’s find out:

Doing a search via Google I began reading the stories printed about the burned six and each and every one had one thing in common. The only person stating that this incident happened was one Capt. Jamil Hussein. Every news report printed this man as the source of the information.


But who is Jamil Hussein? In fact, is there a Jamil Hussein? Read on…

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