Revealed: How Bungled US Raid Came Close To Disaster

The Guardian ^ | November 6, 2001 | Luke Harding, Julian Borger, Richard Norton-Taylor

[RoarNLion]

Its shameful and telling of the government and the media, that we have to go outside the country to learn the reality of this phony war. Soldiers sacrificing their lives and their body parts for the sake of lucrative oil drilling and transportation contracts, a lifetime of profits for America's big oil companies.

Sorry Bushies, this administration is just as corrupt as the one before it, and its propaganda machine is just as good if not better.

[paul544]

You're dumb.

[ironman]

2 day old story reposted. The Guardian's picked up Seymour Hirsch's discredited piece - and reworked it.

[arielb]

wonder if Seymour gets his sources from the Taliban

[Theresa]

Just go away you nit-wit.

[Theresa]

"wonder if Seymour gets his sources from the Taliban"

Obviously. Notice the lies, exaggerations and bull***t.

[Harp]

Apparently you missed the news of 5000 American dead at the hands of terrorists. Do try to stay current.

[illbenice]

You have been a member since 1997? I would have expected more out of you than this trash that his been proven to be exaggerated.

[Libertarian_4_eva]

This is not a new story and has been debunked already. The author from the new yorker could not even defend his story stateing in my terms not his. I am right the pentagon is not. Also know the New Yorker is famous for making crap up and is not read by many here in NYC.

[paul544]

Why? This is just another bitter Buchannan, Libertarian who is mad that they keep siding with losers.

[dandelion]

"Phony" war. The bodies of five thousand people are rotting in bits and pieces below the rubble of the world trade center, and that is "phony" because it doesn't affect you. You aren't in danger, you aren't worried, you are able to rant in peace from the comfort of your Eur-Way recliner because you have let someone else bleed for you.

As you sip your Evian and contemplate the superiority of your life compared to the countless thousands who died September 11, realize this: the only thing "phony" here is your sense of self-importance. The rank stench of your smug moral righteousness is far more revolting than the honest, wretching smell of the decomposing bodies of the brave dead of New York, the Pentagon, the Post Office. The rest of us have already realized that your right to speak your opinion was bought by the military you so abhor, and we count it for nothing. We move on to collect the bodies of our dead; though dead, they speak more than eloquently than you, alive, ever could...

[Post Toasties]

Whatcha smokin' RoarNLion? Ever hear of Seymour Hersh? No?

[jwh_Denver]

Go look for your head (not that that would do any good if you found it), it may up your boot. Go back to DU where this crap would flush just fine in their toilet. It doesn't here.

[TheLion]

This junk has been debunked all week......where have you been?

[cpdiii]

Pure crap. When you use the name sources in this article it means "Taliban Propaganda". The Guardian Newspaper is to the left of Stalin and violently Anti American and for that matter violently anti Brit. The Guardian is as a rule simply a mouth piece for any extremly left wing or Anti American group in the world.

The following is a good guide to evaluating British Newpapers:

The London Daily Telegraph is read by people that think the world is run the way is was run a 100 years ago.

The London Times is read by the people that really run the world.

The Financial Times is read by the people that own the world.

The SUN is read by people that do not care whom runs the world, think they run the world or own the world as long as they have big TITS.

[Uglywhiteguy]

This is my guess: if the resistance was so great, how did the special forces get to the choppers?? How could they have gotten off the ground with such a counter attack???

Not much of a counter attack if there are not choppers all over the ground?? Hummm?

[Jewels1091]

I trust GWB with my life and more important would trust him alone with either of my daughters. One thing I do know, we don't have to worry about GWB being serviced by an intern while he is on the phone talking about our troops!

With people like you IT IS a wonder how this nation has remained free this long.

[yooper]

"Soldiers sacrificing their lives and their body parts for the sake of lucrative oil drilling and transportation contracts, a lifetime of profits for America's big oil companies."

Most asinine comment I've read in awhile.....Cheese, anyone?

[garyhope]

The Guardian? You're joking. A total left wing, anti-American commie rag. If it's in the Guardian, you can disregard it.