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Gordon Bennett
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Mortars strike U.S. office in Iraq
No immediate word on damage or casualties from attack on Hillah complex

This may be a cover-up attempt in progress. The story is still in GOOGLE'S CACHE but has now been erased from MSNBC's site.

Odd....

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I saw that early this morning.... that's wierd.
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I wonder what the deal is...

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Coverup? How about they got the story wrong?

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I agree Repo...

An overzealous reporter filing an inaccurate story sounds the most plausible to me...
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Who knows?

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The Shadow knows!
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I don't think it's simply a mistaken reporter.

The same story (with more details) has been deleted from FOX NEWS, but is also still in GOOGLE'S CACHE

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From the FOX report...

Nine out of the ten mortar bombs fired landed inside the complex, police Capt. Muthanna Khalid Ali said, after which the area was sealed off by U.S. and Iraqi forces.

U.S. diplomats usually refuse to comment on such reports to avoid releasing sensitive information to insurgents. Calls and e-mail seeking confirmation were not immediately returned by U.S. Embassy spokesmen in Baghdad.

Inaccurate but highly mobile, the mortar is growing increasingly popular among Iraqi fighters because it can be fired from a secure location several kilometers (miles) from a target and then quickly hauled away or hidden. Some insurgent groups mount the weapons on pickup trucks, remaining in constant motion except when firing.

Tal Afar has continued to suffer scattered insurgent attacks, even after U.S. President George W. Bush in March declared the city an example of progress made in bringing security to Iraq. Tal Afar lies 150 kilometers (93 miles) east of the Syrian border, 420 kilometers (260 miles) northwest of Baghdad.

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Story from Canadian Media

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It could be that the story was killed to further the illusion that anything is going well in Iraq.

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The story is all over the world... except here.

Very Orwellian.

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quote:
Originally posted by Gordon Bennett:
The story is all over the world... except here.

Very Orwellian.
I'm just waiting for you to disappear in the middle of the night... now THAT would be Orwellian.

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quote:
Originally posted by Repoman75:
quote:
Originally posted by Gordon Bennett:
The story is all over the world... except here.

Very Orwellian.
I'm just waiting for you to disappear in the middle of the night... now THAT would be Orwellian.
And if you disappeared in the middle of the night I doubt it would be considered Orwellian..

Maybe just accepted.

Folks might nod their head, should there be a query, to indicate understanding.
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Just remember Repoman75: if I go down, I'm taking you with me.

I'll sing like a canary.

quote:
Originally posted by Repoman75:
I'm just waiting for you to disappear in the middle of the night... now THAT would be Orwellian.


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