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June 11, 2006
What's the Big Deal?
I could care less if our soldiers beat this fool to hasten his death. If I had a pocket knife, I would be inclined to take his head off with it. But I want you to take a look at how this is reported:
BAGHDAD, Iraq -- An Iraqi man who was one of the first people on the scene after an airstrike that led to the death of Abu Musab al-Zarqawi told Associated Press Television News that he saw American troops beating a man who had a beard like the al-Qaida leader.
The witness said he saw the man lying on the ground, badly wounded but still alive. He said U.S. troops arriving on the scene wrapped the man's head in an Arab robe and began beating him. His account cannot be independently verified.
Cannot be independently verified? Then why the hell is a news organization printing it???
And did you know that there is a theory out there that Haditha could be a result of the same shoddy reporting by Time magazine? Check it out here.
Posted by Aaron at June 11, 2006 09:44 AM
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Any chance the guy thought CPR (pumping the chest) was beating him? Don't you think our soldiers, with Zarqawi laying there helpless, might think the guy might have useful information that could save lives later if they brought him in alive?
It's especially hard to reconcile this report with the one were our soldiers got him on a stretcher and were carrying him out (and, when he saw it was US soldiers, the tried to roll off the stretcher). Were our guys beating him to death, or trying to get him medical care? Knowing the heroism of our guys, and their intelligence, I'd bet on the latter.
Posted by: irishlad317 at June 11, 2006 02:32 PM
His account cannot be independently verified.
When has that stopped them from reporting in accurate information before?
Posted by: DoubleU at June 11, 2006 04:20 PM