- Monday's New York Times, page 1:
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- "American commanders said 38 service members had
been killed and 275 wounded in the Falluja assault."
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- Monday's New York Times, page 11:
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- "The American military hospital here reported that
it had treated 419 American soldiers since the siege of Falluja began."
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- Questions for the class:
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- 1. If 275 soldiers were wounded in Falluja and 419 are
treated for wounds, how many were shot on the plane ride to Germany?
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- 2. We're told only 275 soldiers were wounded but 419
treated for wounds; and we're told that 38 soldiers died. So how many will
be buried?
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- 3. How long have these Times reporters been embedded
with with military? Bonus question: When will they get out of bed with
the military?
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- Monday's New York Times, page 1:
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- "The commanders estimated that 1,200 to 1,600 insurgents
had been killed."
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- Monday's New York Times, page 11:
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- "Nowhere to be found: the remains of the insurgents
that the tanks had been sent in to destroy. ...The absence of insurgent
bodies in Falluja has remained an enduring mystery."
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- NOT in the New York Times:
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- "Every time I hear the news
- That old feeling comes back on;
- We're waist deep in the Big Muddy
- And the Big Fool says to push on."
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- - Pete Seeger, 1967
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- Greg Palast is author of the Best Democracy Money Can
Buy. The New Deal: "Joker's Wild: Dubya's House of Cards" - regime
change deck from 7 Stories Press available @ www.GregPalast.com.
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