When was GOP candidate Kaloogian actually in Iraq? 2005???

[BR_Parkway]

http://americablog.blogspot.com/2006/03/was-gop-candidate-kaloogian-who-claims.html

I’ve been digging into the Kaloogian claim of recent calm in Baghdad streets. Forget the fake photo, can anyone confirm what I am finding?

Checking into when Kaloogian was in Iraq, I find that the photos on his campaign website refer to his visit to Iraq as indeed "during the 'Voices of Soldiers' Truth Tour. The website for the tour (http://www.voicesofsoldiers.com/) seems to be down, but the Google cache clearly points out that the trip was in July 2005.

The photo of Kaloogian with soldiers in Iraq which the ‘Kaloogian for Congress’ website uses on its homepage is identical to the one on the ‘MoveAmericaForward.org’ website which appears to have been involved with the July 2005 trip. On their website Kaloogian authored an article 'Courage plentiful in Iraq' -- dated July 12, 2005.

I can find no reference to any recent visit by Kaloogian to Iraq -- only this one from last year.

If he hasn't been there recently, his claims of recent calm and peace (as well as the bogus photo) show questionable ethics to ‘spin’ the situation in Iraq.

[Atman]

1. What do expect from a liar?

But give him credit...he's good at what he does! Which is lying, of course, but still, do one thing and do it well, I always say!

Okay, I rarely if ever say that...but...

[niyad]

2. as far as any of us can tell, the trip was indeed july of 2005

[BR_Parkway]

3. But he's making it sound like he was just there

[KoKo]

4. Send it over to Josh Marshall's Muckraker Site

They take "tips."

http://tpmmuckraker.com/