War Front: Iraq

How come my shit MSM papers censor the northern front?

"Turkey Raids PKK On Iraqi Border"

ANKARA, August 5- Turkish artillery bombarded villages near the Iraqi-Turkish border overnight, an official security source on the border said Sunday. Turkish forces have recurrently raided Kurdish areas across the border to pursue members of the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK), an organization Ankara views as terrorist. Meanwhile, three Turkish soldiers killed by landmine blast in the southeastern province of Diyarbakir, the private CNN-Turk channel reported on Saturday. Turkish Army Officials believe that landmine planted by PKK militants was detonated when a group of security members were passing near Balaban hamlet in Diyarbakir's Dicle town. The report added that 5,000 soldiers were deployed to crush the PKK rebels in the eastern province of Tunceli, where three soldiers were killed in a clash with the militants earlier this week. Iraqi officials rejected news about invasion of Turkey's Army to Iraq's Kurdistan. Alalam TV correspondent in Arbil reported that " In spite of Iraqi officials' denial of spreading false news regarding Turkey's invasion to Iraq's Kurdistan, but sounds of Turkish bombardments on Iraqi Kurds facilities can be heard." What they did report: Times: "In the northern city of Tal Afar, hailed as a success story in March 2006 by President Bush, a suicide truck bomber drove into a densely populated Shiite neighborhood on Monday morning, killing at least 28 people, including many women and children. Many of the children were playing hopscotch and marbles in the street, witnesses said in telephone interviews, and officials feared that the death toll could climb. Ali Abbo, a local official: “Rescue teams are still searching for casualties among the rubble.” A roadside bomb hidden in garbage killed six people in Baghdad as street cleaners were sweeping the road, the Iraqi police said. Globe (owned by the N.Y. Times): "Five more ministers quit Iraq's Cabinet; Truck bombing kills 31 people in Shi'ite village" by Sudarsan Raghavan/Washington Post August 7, 2007 "A truck bomb in a Shi'ite village near the northern city of Tal Afar killed 31 people and wounded scores more, striking an area that was once hailed by President Bush and US military commanders as an oasis of stability, following US operations against insurgents there. Six children were among the dead, police said. In Qabak, 15 miles north of Tal Afar, police officials said the suicide bomber drove an explosives-laden truck carrying ice blocks into the village center and detonated it near a crowd that included women and children. The small village, which has no police station or military barracks, was targeted because of its vulnerability, said Brigadier General Najim Abdullah, Tal Afar's mayor. "The perpetrator of this act was aiming at raising the sectarian tension among the citizens, since Tal Afar is known for its sectarian and ethnic diversity," said Abdullah. "There isn't a single house in the village which does not have someone killed or wounded in the bombing, because it took place in the center of the village," said Salih Al-Qaddo, director of Tal Afar's main hospital. Hours later, another suicide truck bomb targeted an Iraqi army patrol in the northern city of Mosul, wounding 12 soldiers, said Major Khursheed Ahmad. South of Baghdad, a roadside bomb exploded in a bus station, killing eight people and wounding 10, police said. In Baqouba, about 35 miles northeast of Baghdad, Iraqi security forces found 60 unidentified bodies in a mass grave. Most were shot, handcuffed, and showed signs of torture, said police. In Baghdad, police found 10 corpses yesterday." Gee, looks like the Times MISSED A LOT, huh, reader? Well, I'm used to it! By the way, I am PAPER-FREE! DIDN'T GET IT today, and NEVER WILL AGAIN! WEB ONLY; BLOGGERS FIRST!