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Imamu Amiri Baraka, author, editor
Here is a case of the pot calling the kettle black. The Pentagon is angry about Newsweek relying on a confidential source, according to the Washington Post. The repercussions from the news weekly’s actions resulted in riots in Afghanistan and Pakistan as well as 15 killed.
Now, correct me if I have this wrong, but didn’t the Pentagon and the White House rely on a completely unreliable source called Curveball to help get the United States involved with invading Iraq under false pretenses?
Also, if the prisoners were not treated inappropriately in Iraq would this little tidbit about allegations of willful Koran desecration have even been reported?
Newsweek apologized yesterday for its inaccurate report on the treatment of detainees that triggered several days of rioting in Afghanistan and other countries in which at least 15 people died.
Neither the president nor the Pentagon has apologized for the more than 1,600 soldiers killed and the thousands wounded.
5 comments:
Could we possibly have a link to your source? Possibly also a link to the apology?
Also: "Newsweek relying on a confidential source" - in context with the rest of the article "unreliable" would seem to make more sense than "confidential" - am I reading something wrongly?
Lastly - I don't know what the "Curveball" source refers to - no doubt this is simply because I'm not American nor in the US- perhaps a link to information about this also?
Cheers :)
The L.A. Times article I read (and the Misanthrope, I'd wager) is here. There's also a piece in the NY Times here.
Actually, it has crossed my mind that the Newsweek story was accurate, but the government asked them to retract the story. I can't imagine a reputable news organization doing such a thing, but we do live in strange times.
I think they're apologizing for putting our folks over in Iraq in jeopardy by printing what is, in essence, a true story.
A bit late to comment on this, I know..
But it's been interesting watching this develop in the news; newsweek first retracts the story because they weren't 100% sure it could be verified, then bringing it back because they were satisfied it had been verified, then independent confirmation from outside..
And, finally confirmation that the Pentagon knew about this, and knew that the claims were true, all along, even while criticising Newsweek for publishing something they hadn't verified.
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