Did you notice that there is nothing from "the other side" here? Then again, it is the anti-American AP. They, Reuters and The New York Times go hand in hand.
I'm not one to defend those news sources, especially since I wholeheartedly agree with you about their bias. But to be completely fair (and you couldn't tell this from the story), this was a breaking news story from the AP based on what Iraq had stated at the UN only moments before.
At the time I posted this, AP hadn't had the time to put this into context or get a White House reaction.