[Vision2020] Censored Iraq News?

[Ted Moffett]

Tom et. al.

Our troops are being put into a situation where to defend themselves these 
sorts of incidents will happen even when they take precautions to avoid 
civilian deaths.  It's tragic for all sides.

But the media might do what it is supposed to do and report the truth, 
rather than the spin of the Bush administration propagandists.

I know, I'm dreaming, no one really expects the media to report news from 
both sides of a USA war without bias and spin, with all the pressure to 
avoid appearing less than patriotic, or giving support to the enemy's moral 
and propaganda.

Have you noticed how little discussion there is in the mainstream media of 
the overall death toll, both military and civilian, on the Iraq side?  
Estimates I have heard from organizations trying to gather this information 
are over 6000 Iraq civilians deaths, perhaps 10,000 military deaths, with 
this later estimate being less certain than the civilian death toll, yet my 
understanding is that officially the USA has no Iraq casualty totals they 
release.

Iraq civilian death toll:

http://www.iraqbodycount.net/bodycount.htm

Iraq military death toll:

http://www.adn.com/24hour/world/story/845251p-5936488c.html

Ted


>From: "Tom Hansen" <thansen@moscow.com>
>Reply-To: <thansen@moscow.com>
>To: "Ted Moffett" <ted_moffett@hotmail.com>, <vision2020@moscow.com>
>Subject: RE: [Vision2020] Censored Iraq News?
>Date: Mon, 11 Aug 2003 12:06:47 -0700
>
>You can be assured, Mr. Moffett, that the military will conduct an
>investigation into whether the shooting was justified or not.  If found to
>be unjustified, those involved will more than likely be court-martialed and
>punished.
>
>As far as the media "downplaying" this incident, I can understand.  Could
>you imagine public response if this incident were made public knowledge.
>Those in uniform would be called "baby killers" (among other names).  Sound
>familiar to anyone??
>
>Tom Hansen
>SFC, U.S. Army (Retired)
>UI '96
>Moscow, Idaho
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: vision2020-admin@moscow.com [mailto:vision2020-admin@moscow.com]On
> > Behalf Of Ted Moffett
> > Sent: Monday, August 11, 2003 11:48 AM
> > To: vision2020@moscow.com
> > Subject: [Vision2020] Censored Iraq News?
> >
> >
> >
> > All:
> >
> > This story, if true, might be a headline story about major
> > problems with the
> > US occupation of Iraq.  Yet this tragedy appears to be either ignored or
> > downplayed by the US media.
> >
> > http://news.independent.co.uk/world/middle_east/story.jsp?story=432202
> >
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