AP Prints Agitprop, Files Stories From Bogus Iraqi Police

Posted by Thanos on November 27, 2006

Please stop by Flopping Aces for an very thorough overview of how AP and other news agencies have been flummoxed by Al Qaeda or Baathist agitprop agents posing as Iraqi Police. Those reports of chaos and bedlam in Iraq are being greatly exagerated both by the agitprop agents, and our own lazy, stupid press.

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Peace Jirga Outcome

Posted by Thanos on November 27, 2006

For a good rundown of the Peace Jirga among the Pashtun tribes in Pakistan and Afghanistan please stop by Crumbling Spires. This is a lead in to the Grand Jirga, or Jirga Loya that will include government and tribal leaders from both countries, and it looks to be a good start.
We should respect the willingness [...]

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