This is from the London Times.
After being forced from its strongholds in the west and centre of Iraq in the past two years, Al-Qaeda’s dwindling band of fighters has made a defiant “last stand” in the northern city of Mosul.
A huge operation to crush the 1,200 fighters who remained from a terrorist force once estimated at more than 12,000 began on May 10.
Operation Lion’s Roar, in which the Iraqi army combined forces with the Americans’ 3rd Armoured Cavalry Regiment, has already resulted in the death of Abu Khalaf, the Al-Qaeda leader, and the capture of more than 1,000 suspects.
How did the American media miss this fact. It causes one to wonder…
July 29, 2008 at 7:21 am
you may consider the need to see what else was reported around those initial weeks of the action…on the major news networks to see what type of news gets preferential treatment in Western Media outlets. One of the keys to becoming a clairvoyant generation is understanding the power of omission in reporting.