- The consistent lies by the Pentagon regarding the development
of this illegal terrorist attack on the sovereign state of Iraq makes this
the source of deception and denial, not news. Arab news sources like Al
Jazeera are more credible as indeed is the Iraqi Information Ministry.
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- The Pentagon continues to insist at 18.36 MSK that there
are no coalition aircraft missing, despite claims by the RAF that an aircraft
has not reported back. It is not yet clear whether this aircraft was the
one shot down by a US Patriot missile (a Tornado) or another one reported
downed by anti-aircraft fire over Baghdad. In this incident, two US pilots
are reported to have been captured by al Jazeera while Iraqi sources claimed
that one US pilot has been captured and another is being searched for,
a claim that it later denied.
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- The Pentagon started the weekend claiming that the entire
Iraqi 51st Division had surrendered. Some hours later the reports quoted
"massive numbers of soldiers surrendering", then a more precise
"8,000 soldiers from the Iraqi 51st Division" and finally on
Sunday afternoon, Richard Myers, US Chief of Staff, admitted that only
400 Iraqi prisoners of war had been taken.
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- The Pentagon stated that Iraqi Information Ministry claims
that a group of US soldiers had been taken were lies, now, after they have
been shown on television, Rumsfeld is forced to do an about turn and admit
that indeed, a group of five soldiers, including one woman, have been taken
alive. Al Jazeera claims that a further four US soldiers were killed in
combat.
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- The fact that the Pentagon admits that the Iraqi Information
Ministry claims were true also means that the Pentagon admits that it was
telling lies. Rumsfeld adds the quality of barefaced liar to his growing
list of negative attributes: terrorist, murderer and war criminal.
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