U.S. targets al-Zarqawi network, kills 16

AP | 6/19/04 | JIM KRANE

[Faraday]

The AP is a global, unbiased news gathering organization according to some. There is no way to verify this media claim.

[JoeGar]

One man displayed several Qurans burned in the strikes.

Uh oh. Forget the smoldering bodies and leveled homes, a couple of "books of peace" were burnt.

[bert]

....There was no way to confirm the U.S. claim......

The real enemy of America is the Associated Press.

[RightWhale]

including the Thursday that killed 35 people

Prompt payment.

[Da Mav]

And ABC uses a picture of a small child as their main illustration of a strike on al Qaeda terrorists. Outrageous bias

[thoughtomator]

16 down, 1.2 billion to go!

[tm22721]

Too bad it wasn't a nuke.

BUMP

[lilylangtree]

Bodies were swiftly taken away for immediate burial--this says a lot.

[Indie]

One man displayed several Qurans burned in the strikes.

AP is quite skilled in the propaganda techniques of the Third Reich.

[cgk]

I expect the AP and its ilk can write anything they want over in Iraq, because they're so afraid to leave their hotels and actually report from the ground with the troops anymore, so long as they include "there was no way to confirm the claim" their nonsense can go to print.

Example: US Military Plane Bombs Iraqi Orphanage for Disabled Children... no way to confirm the claim.

[dennisw]

Seek and destroy. Good shooting boys and may God protect you.

[mikegi]

... burying the "Women and children" with their moustaches and RPG's and AK47's, in accordance with Islamic custom ...

This had me literally LOL. Good one!

[FreeAtlanta]

Oh, I thought you were going to say a Declaration of War against the Liberals in Congress! lol

[Slings and Arrows]

Where's Rachel Corrie when we need her?

[ExtremeUnction]

"The second missile killed those trying to carry out the rescue."

And the problem with that is...?

[Slings and Arrows]

Just don't have a neighbor hold your nachos while you ululate. That has negative connotations.

[demlosers]

the blast caused "multiple secondary explosions" of ammunition and roadside bomb materials stored there.

We got secondaries!

[TBarnett34]

"The Bush Administration can't have its cake and it too. If the occupation is over, so is the U.S. authority to detain Iraqis without criminal charges," said Kenneth Roth, executive director of Human Rights Watch.

This statement in and of itself is asinine. Why would you have a cake if you didn't want to eat it?

Oh, by the way Kenneth,

[Flint]

I guess they will just have to learn to let them rot. I have no problem what so ever to distroy and kill anyone who gives aid to terrorists. You go to save one of them you are one of them. Blow their happy a$$es away.

[Wyatt's Torch]

Time to turn them all loose. Hunt down as many of them as we can find. Kill them all. No trials. No custody. No prisons. Just death. It's the only thing they understand.