Sunday, July 24, 2005
US Military lying/making things up in Press Releases
From CNN, 'Enemies of humanity' quote raises Iraq PR questions:
From Task Force Baghdad 3rd Infantry Division statement released after a car bombing on July 13. That attack killed several children.
A car bomb killed 25 people and wounded 33 others near the al-Rashad police station on July 23. A statement about the attack by Task Force Baghdad 3rd Infantry Division contained:
The military's response to these two quotes:
The U.S. military on Sunday said it was looking into how virtually identical quotations ended up in two of its news releases about different insurgent attacks.
From Task Force Baghdad 3rd Infantry Division statement released after a car bombing on July 13. That attack killed several children.
"The terrorists are attacking the infrastructure, the children and all of Iraq," said one Iraqi man who preferred not to be identified. "They are enemies of humanity without religion or any sort of ethics. They have attacked my community today and I will now take the fight to the terrorists."
A car bomb killed 25 people and wounded 33 others near the al-Rashad police station on July 23. A statement about the attack by Task Force Baghdad 3rd Infantry Division contained:
"The terrorists are attacking the infrastructure, the ISF and all of Iraq. They are enemies of humanity without religion or any sort of ethics. They have attacked my community today and I will now take the fight to the terrorists," said one Iraqi man who preferred not to be identified.
The military's response to these two quotes:
After questioning by news media, the military released the statement without the quotation.
Lt. Col. Clifford Kent, spokesman for the U.S. Army's 3rd Infantry Division, said use of the quote was an "administrative error." He said the military was looking into the matter.
