FOX NEWS. MSNBC AND CNN CONTINUE TO LIE TO AMERICA ABOUT IRAQ WAR

The three cable news stations, FOX NEWS, MSNBC and CNN, continue to LIE to the American people about the war. To hear EVERY anchor/commentator and reporter on the three stations say it you would think "the surge" had been a roaring success.

Here is an example of what FOX NEWS, MSNBC and CNN will NOT report because it would upset the McCain applecart about how well "the surge" is doing"

18 KILLED, INCLUDING CHILDREN, IN LATEST SUICIDE BOMBING IN BAGHDAD

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/iraq;_ylt=AvIrZHt0ZYyBfm29VrXr3GZX6GMA

109 KILLED OR WOUNDED IN TALAFAR FROM CAR BOMB

http://www.aswataliraq.info/look/english/article.tpl?IdLanguage=1&IdPublication=4&NrArticle=86027&NrIssue=2&NrSection=1

BOMBINGS KILL 22 IN IRAQ'S NORTH

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/07/16/AR2008071600470.html

ONE U.S. SOLDIER, 26 IRAQIS KILLED: 129 IRAQIS WOUNDED

http://www.antiwar.com/updates/?articleid=13144

Does this look like "the surge" is a roaring success like they keep saying 24/7 on FOX NEWS, MSNBC and CNN?

Commentary by Bill Corcoran, editor, CORKSPHERE:

I'm more convinced than ever that because the mainstream media are owned by big corporations who are raking in tons of money off the Iraq war they have been given instructions to just keep lying to the American public on how well "the surge" has worked.

There is only one major problem with the lies FOX NEWS, MSNBC and CNN are peddling and that is they are TRAITORS to the brave young men and women serving in Iraq and their loving families back in the United States.

SECURITY HAS COLLAPSED AGAIN IN FALLUJAH DESPITE U.S. CLAIMS

Unrest Surfaces in Fallujah Again

Inter Press Service

By Ali al-Fadhily and Dahr Jamail*

FALLUJAH, Jul 16 (IPS) - Security has collapsed again in Fallujah, despite U.S. military claims.
Local militias supported by U.S. forces claim to have "cleansed" the city, 70 km to the west of Baghdad, of all insurgency. But the sudden resignation of the city's chief of police, Colonel Fayssal al-Zoba'i, has appeared as one recent sign of growing unrest.

Authorities may have controlled the media better than the violence.

"Assassinations never stopped in Fallujah, but the media seems unwilling to cover the actual situation here," a human rights activist in Fallujah, speaking on terms of anonymity given the tense situation, told IPS. "The two bomb blasts that killed six policemen earlier this month and another two that killed three on the weekend seem to have terminated the silence."

People in Fallujah say they still suffer despite the relative improvement in the security situation. 'Relative' is the key word here, because the improvement is measured against two massive U.S. military operations in 2004 that killed thousands in the city, and displaced hundreds of thousands.

"Fallujah was slaughtered by the Americans when her people decided to fight, and then were suffocated when they decided to reduce the fighting against the occupiers," former intelligence officer Major Ahmed al-Alwani told IPS. "There was strong resistance against American occupation forces since May 2003, but it was the Americans who pointed their guns at the innocent civilians and their houses.

"When the American military plans failed, they decided to hire local tribal militias to do the job for them," Alwani said, referring to the 'Awakening Group' militia created by the U.S. military. "Those also failed, despite the executions and the crimes they committed against people."

Many people throughout Iraq complain of the brutality and unlawful behaviour of these Awakening Groups. Members of these groups are paid 300 dollars per month by the U.S. military.

IPS talked to Sheikh Wussam al-Hardan, known as the 'engineer' of the Awakening Forces of Anbar Province. He blamed the Islamic Party for abuses carried out against civilians in Fallujah.
"We had a very limited role in Fallujah, and the police force was in charge of all security operations there," Hardan said. "We know that all detentions and executions were committed in our name, but people of Fallujah now know that it was the Islamic Party that controlled the police force that was active since January 2007."

On Jun. 26, a suicide bomber attacked a city council meeting of local tribal sheikhs affiliated with Awakening Groups and military officials. Three Marines, two interpreters and 20 Iraqis died in the attack. Among the Iraqis killed were the mayor of nearby Karmah town and three leading sheikhs. The sons of two sheikhs and the brother of the third also died. All were members of the local Awakening Council, according to U.S. and Iraqi authorities.

"Security events take place all over Iraq and people get killed," Captain Jamal of the Fallujah police told IPS. "But we wonder why all this huge echo for two incidents in a city that exiled the U.S. marines with all their military machine."

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CBS NEWS: WOUNDED VETERANS ARE STILL NOT GETTING PROPER CARE

Gen. Admits Flaws In Soldier Care Units

WASHINGTON

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/07/11/eveningnews/main4254945.shtml


(CBS) The government came under fire last year over the treatment of America's wounded warriors, when shoddy conditions were exposed at Walter Reed Army Medical Center.

Since then, the Army has overhauled its outpatient program. But, as CBS News national security correspondent David Martin reports, many soldiers still aren't getting the medical treatment they were promised. In the wake of the Walter Reed scandal, 35 so-called "Warrior Transition Units" were set up at bases around the world.

They were supposed to be places where soldiers could be cared for until they either returned to duty or were discharged. But the general in charge of the program admits it hasn't been working the way it was supposed to. Here's why. "How many soldiers in these units were actually wounded in combat?" Martin asked. "About 12 percent were wounded in either Iraq or Afghanistan," Brig. Gen. Gary Cheek said. "Only 12 percent?" Martin said. "Only 12 percent," Cheek said. If you include those whose injuries could be called combat-related - a stressed-out soldier in a car accident after returning from Iraq, for instance - the percentage goes up to 48 percent. The rest have injuries or illnesses which have nothing to do with combat.

As a result, the number of soldiers in Warrior Transition Units exploded from 6,000 to 12,000 - even as casualties in Iraq were going down. "We were putting soldiers into the Warrior Transition Unit that really didn't need that complex, managed care," Cheek said. "So did somebody say, 'Hey, this isn't how it was supposed to work?'" Martin asked. "I would say yes," Cheek said. With the number of soldiers in transition units increasing by about 600 a month, the Army can't hire health care workers fast enough.