Biased liberal media continues to conceal the great progress we’re making in Iraq
44 Die in Attacks Aimed at Iraqi Security Forces
By KIRK SEMPLE, New York Times
BAGHDAD, Iraq, Aug. 1—Attacks aimed at Iraqi soldiers and police officers killed at least 44 people on Tuesday and wounded at least 57, officials said, as American and Iraqi generals continued to shift security forces to Baghdad as part of their retooled strategy to roll back surging violence in the capital.
In the deadliest attack, a powerful improvised bomb exploded before dawn next to a bus carrying Iraqi troops from Mosul to Baghdad, Iraqi military officials reported. At least 23 soldiers were killed and 20 were wounded in the blast near the Sunni Arab bastion of Tikrit, Saddam Hussein’s hometown.
Several hours later, a suicide bomber drove a sedan packed with explosives toward a Baghdad bank where Iraqi troops were collecting their monthly pay, but the vehicle exploded before it reached its apparent target when soldiers opened fire on it, military officials said.
The attack killed at least 10 people, including civilians, and wounded at least 22, according to an official at the Interior Ministry, who requested anonymity because he was not authorized to speak with the news media.
“If you saw what I saw today, you would immediately leave here,” said Loqman Shikhan, the owner of a musical instrument store several blocks away from the bomb site.
Mr. Shikhan saw bloodied victims lying in the street and calling for help but receiving none “because people thought there might be another bomb waiting to explode,” he said in an interview. Insurgents seeking to inflict maximum carnage sometimes detonate secondary bombs after rescue crews have descended on an attack site. [Cont.]
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Ben writes:
Your sarcasm made me laugh and made me think of all of the conservatives that have done their best to try to make out like there is good news in Iraq.
Let’s find out from a true sage what is really going on in regards to the Iraq war shall we?
HANNITY: Let me talk about the news media, because the president has been very outspoken against them this week. He said, for every act of violence, there is encouraging progress in Iraq. [LA interjects: Has there ever been such a stupid statement in the history of the world? It’s like saying: “Yes, it’s true, the Ostrogoths are conquering Italy, but there’s a farmer down in Capua who had a really good corn harvest this year. How come you’re not talking about that?”] It’s not being captured on the evening news. Similar comments by Dick Cheney. It’s something I’ve been saying often. [LA: Yes, he and the rest of the Bush crew have been incessantly repeating this mindless slogan for three years, thinking it was the ultimate wisdom which for some strange reason has not convinced everyone that the Iraq policy is really a success.] Now, let me first acknowledge: There are some good, brave reporters—our own Fox reporters, David Bloom, Bob Woodruff. They were putting themselves in harm’s way. But, they’re—in my estimation, the story is not being told about the good news and about the progress. There is lazy reporting going on. It is somewhat institutional, and there is partisanship on the part of the media. Do you see the same thing?
I find this statement by Sean Hannity to be hilarious. Especially when he said about Fox News reporters, They were putting themselves in harm’s way. Okay Sean you just admitted that there is serious danger issues on the ground everywhere in Iraq that is causing reporters not to be able to report this so called good news so what do you expect them to do?
Seriously, what good news? If Sean is so bothered by it why doesn’t he go over there in these areas and give us the “hard” reporting on all the good news.
Posted by Lawrence Auster at August 02, 2006 07:39 AM | Send