[SolidWood]

This becomes more and more interesting.

It appears that the Sunni Sheikh (Anti-alQaeda) distorted the report/incident to gather support against Al-Qaeda. This may be well meant. So to speak Anti-alQaeda propaganda for domestic Sunni Iraqi consumption.

The media on the other hand took up his report, which fits their agenda that Iraq is a mess and the US is losing... Bush is a failure... blah blah blah... which again helps Al-Qaeda's agenda.

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

It's getting really interesting....the battle is really moving to the media....so to speak,...

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

They even enhanced the story with a picture from Baghdad which is far east of Ramadi...but really want to presuade the reader that things are not going well in Baghdad...look at the picture please readers....

AP's AGENDA stands exposed once again....

[CJ-50]

The media on the other hand took up his report, which fits their agenda that Iraq is a mess and the US is losing... Bush is a failure... blah blah blah... which again helps Al-Qaeda's agenda.

If you think that fits their "agenda", wouldn't " the U.S. military said its soldiers had carried out a controlled explosion in Ramadi, also near a soccer field, that slightly wounded 30 people, including nine children." have been even better for them.

I would be very glad to find out that no one was killed but I would not expect the local reaction to the story to be positive.

[Marine_Uncle]

Same view I just echoed to Ernest. The L/MSM we have no control over, but that will not prevent the mission from being accomplished, at least not for another year. And a lot of good things can happen in a year or so. We are over the hump.