Five Days of April in Iraq - by Larry Johnson

[kpete]

Five Days of April in Iraq
by Larry Johnson
Wed Apr 5th, 2006 at 04:59:23 PM EST

Clearly smarting under charges that they are "failing" to tell the good news in Iraq, the major TV network and cable channels appear to have abandoned any effort to report what is going on in Iraq. Fearful of being accused of undermining the war effort, the TV side of journalism apparently decided to punt and do nothing. Fortunately, the print media and wires continue to tough it out. Working from the info collected on www.icasualties. org, I have assembled a snapshot of the first five days of April in Iraq. It is not a pretty picture. While it certainly could be worse, the facts on the ground make it very tough to argue that the U.S. is making progress in securing Iraq.

Here is a summary of the last five days (the specific news reports are posted at the end of this article). During the period of 31 March thru 4 April the following occurred:


There were 39 shootings/ ambushes that killed 144 people.
There were 25 major bombings that left 40 people dead.
There were 5 mortar attacks killing 3 people.
Four people, including a physician and the brother of a Sunni lawmaker, were kidnapped.
One U.S. military helicopter was shot down. The crew died in the crash.
There were three major attacks on oil pipelines.

more at:
http://www.boomantribune.com/story/2006/4/5/165923/5192

[babylonsister]

1. Recommend strongly; this is one way to get info! nt

[leftchick]

2. saddam was a mass murderer

that is all I see on my TV tonight. :puke:

[DoYouEverWonder]

3. But if you work for BushCo

business is booming.

[babylonsister]

4. Kick-read what's missing in the "news" please! nt

[Theduckno2]

5. Bushco has deceptively put a mirror .......

at the end of a very long, yet dead-ended tunnel. They nearly continuously shine the light of propaganda against the mirror and demand that we move towards the light at the end of the tunnel.

Once in a while someone points out that the light is not really there, it's just an illusion.

Larry Johnson is one of those someones.

K/R

[Neil Lisst]

6. Larry Johnson is the most reliable source of war info today

At least that you can see or hear anywhere on TV.

Remember when he was Fox regular? Then he started ripping the war of occupation, and they dumped him.

[RedEarth]

7. bookmarking....