The Sgrena Story Arab News Style

Former CNN news chief Eason Jordan may have taken a job as copy editor for Arab News. The evidence is this headline on a story by Tariq A. Al-Maeena. They Shoot Reporters, Don’t They?

Now if you expect a certain over the top level of anti-American bias from a publication billing itself as “The Middle East's Leading English Language Daily” you would not be at all disappointed with this story.

The killing of Italian intelligence officer Nicola Calipari by US troops in Iraq is another twist in the diabolical tactics employed by members of the occupation forces in manipulating the veracity of their adventurism in this immoral crusade.

In a series of truth-twisting means that began when their commander in chief assured the world of the presence of weapons of mass destruction prior to the invasion of Iraq, to the calculated shootings and murder of journalists who contradicted Pentagon press releases, the charade continues today and is fed daily to the folks “back home” that all is well.

There's a lot more and it's pretty much all the same and I can't bear to post any more of it. I believe the truth will eventually win out in this case, but I also think that in a lot of the world it is too late for it to matter.

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