[Dane]

Well, I don't belive that the AP report is bogus, and I think you are being slightly condesending.

Actually it is the US mainstream press who will twist news to any anti-war point of view to instill dissention among the American people who are the condescending ones.

Have seen their "work" for close to 30 years and I have a healthy skepticism of the press and increasingly people who pick up their lickspittle as something akin to the word of God.

[Eurotwit]

Well, I don't disagree with the latter part of your argument.

But, in my opinion the hysteria runs both ways.

First you have a lot of people saying the president has lost it, then based on a snippet from Fox News others are saying that all reports of a deal are totally bogus, when they plainly are not.

As for this particular report, those that bothered to read past the headline read that it is talk of a tentative deal, and that negotiations are under way. If I am not mistaken, today is the day, when a whole host of Sheiks have descended on Fallujah to conduct negotiations. Also in the article, Tony Perry states that it is not clear that the pullback of the 1st Battalion, 5th Marine regiment represents a withdrawal:

"It was not immediately known if the move represented a withdrawal of Marines from their siege of the city or if other Marine forces were being rotated in to replace the withdrawing 1st Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment."

But, again I agree with you about the media, and your point is further proven by an updated headline on the AP report:

U.S. Marines to End Siege of Fallujah

Cheers.