[Vision2020] Censored Iraq News?

[Ted Moffett]

Error correction:

Below it should read "enemy's MORALE and propaganda" not "moral."

Ted


>From: "Ted Moffett" <ted_moffett@hotmail.com>
>To: thansen@moscow.com
>CC: vision2020@moscow.com
>Subject: RE: [Vision2020] Censored Iraq News?
>Date: Mon, 11 Aug 2003 22:53:38 +0000
>
>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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