Because of the technical problems, I was unable to link the New York Times' stories I bothered to critique.
Good for you, readers, since you won't be tempted to go there. I read the lies so you won't have to!!!!
"Missile Is Fired at Copter Over Baghdad, U.S. Says" by STEPHEN FARRELL and MICHAEL R. GORDON
BAGHDAD — A surface-to-air missile was fired on Saturday at an American Apache helicopter flying over the Sadr City section of Baghdad, American military officials said on Monday. The attack, which had not been disclosed previously, represents the first time that a helicopter has come under missile attack in Sadr City since fighting erupted in the Shiite enclave in March.
Progress, according to Bush!
The missile missed the aircraft. But the attack was sufficiently worrisome that the American military changed the route of an aerial tour of Baghdad it had arranged for a group of reporters, television cameramen and photographers on Monday. Two helicopters were to fly over or near Sadr City, but an official said the route had been changed because of the missile threat.
Oh, so the PROPAGANDA MISSION went a bit AWRY, did it?
And the AmeriKan MSM STILL WON'T TELL the TRUTH about Iraq!!!!
Just READ the BLOGS, readers!
Oh, yeah, that is why you are here.
The United States military has made extensive use of Apache helicopters to try to stop militias from firing rockets at the Green Zone and to protect American and Iraqi troops in Sadr City from Shiite fighters armed with small arms, rocket-propelled grenades, mortars and roadside bombs.
The helicopters have taken a heavy toll on the militia fighters....
AND CIVILIANS, too, NYT!!!! Pffffftttt!
According to an American military official, who declined to be identified because the military has not publicly announced the attack, the attempt to shoot down an Apache occurred about 7:20 p.m. Saturday. An American patrol had been struck by a roadside bomb in Sadr City, and two Apache helicopters flew to the scene to investigate and provide protection for the troops.
The missile, described as an SA-7 shoulder-fired missile, was fired at one of the helicopters. It exploded in midair and neither aircraft was damaged.
Soldiers from an American Army civil affairs unit in Sadr City saw the missile ascending and reported that it seemed to have been launched from north of Al Quds Street, where the American military is building a large concrete wall to prevent militia fighters from infiltrating south.
The missile was also seen by Iraqi volunteers in the “Sons of Iraq” program who provide security in Adhamiya, a nearby neighborhood. They found the missile’s body, which was turned over to American troops.
Despite the agreement to end the fighting, there was no sign of a cease-fire along Al Quds Street. Militia fighters fired at Iraqi forces near the wall that the Americans are building. The Iraqi soldiers shot back, and an Apache helicopter fired a missile at a militia position....
Since American and Iraqi troops began the operation to curb the firing of rockets from Sadr City, more missiles are now being fired from areas outside that district. He also said the militias are also using more 122-millimeter weapons, whose 12-mile range is double that of 107-millimeter rockets, which account for most attacks against the Green Zone...."
I was surprised that none of this was blamed on Iran, I really was -- considering the source!
:-)
And if more missiles are being fired from "outside the district," WHY is the U.S. military flattening the place and murdering civilians, huh?
It's rhetorical, readers, and doesn't require an answer -- because WE ALL KNOW WHY!!!
