Sorry fella, but the Iraqi wedding party story from the Pentagon doesn't pass the smell test:
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Originally posted by fintstone
That is areapeat of an old article that was investigated and determined phoney.
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http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn/A6394-2004Jun1
Interesting (inferred) comment re: the (un)liberalness of US media too.
And a similar incident happened in Afghanistan... more than once.
They are tragic incidences, and the key commonality is that there seem to be a difference between the official story from the Pentagon and the eye witnesses.
Can dozens (hundreds) of eye witnesses be lying in unison?
Can you really argue that the first reaction is not always "deny", then only potentially admit to any fault (if at all) when pressed?
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/3298107.stm