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Panel: U.S. underreported Iraq violence By ROBERT BURNS, AP Military Writer
Wed Dec 6, 8:31 PM ET
WASHINGTON - U.S. military and intelligence officials have systematically underreported the violence in Iraq in order to suit the Bush administration's policy goals, the bipartisan Iraq Study Group said.
In its report on ways to improve the U.S. approach to stabilizing Iraq, the group recommended Wednesday that the director of national intelligence and the secretary of defense make changes in the collection of data about violence to provide a more accurate picture.
The panel pointed to one day last July when U.S. officials reported 93 attacks or significant acts of violence. "Yet a careful review of the reports for that single day brought to light 1,100 acts of violence," it said.
"The standard for recording attacks acts as a filter to keep events out of reports and databases." It said,
2007-05-11 10:34:01 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
No. It's just showing how desperate the party is to try and keep a "positive light" on how things are going in Iraq.
2007-05-11 12:19:27 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2017-01-09 16:18:50 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ask Tweedle de and Tweedle dum. Some of my grandfather's and Uncle' s personal mail had huge segments blacked out. Go figure?? USA doesnt want info out in a time of war, jeeezzz!
2007-05-11 10:43:57 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
i dont think they misrep anything they just report what they want to if they want to .did you hear about the art shells with serin gas in them .most likely not but they found them also as of yesterday they have founf over 8 million tons of explosives
2007-05-11 10:43:08 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Do you agree with CNN's stategy to OVER report violence in Iraq?
2007-05-11 10:40:00 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
A beautiful example of a 'loaded question.' Really, B+ work, there.
2007-05-11 10:37:51 · answer #6 · answered by B.Kevorkian 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
nope the media says what the US govt tells them to. Not just Fox they are all complicit. Fox just represents the neocons and well tell neocon lies in addition to the ones the govt tell them to say.
2007-05-11 10:38:27 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
maybe you are not mature enough(I'm being kind) to handle the truth.Why don't you go there and find the real truth.
2007-05-11 11:14:48 · answer #8 · answered by dumbuster 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
so how did that Clinton Koolaide taste? why would you believe a scum sucking liberal OPINION column over the Pentagon? are you really that stupid?
2007-05-11 10:37:55 · answer #9 · answered by kapute2 5 · 2⤊ 1⤋
no I don't agree with it.
2007-05-11 10:46:05 · answer #10 · answered by ? 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋