Lost In Translation?
Perhaps Juan Cole should call his blog Poorly Informed Comment:
[my bold]Of course, the article Juan Cole linked to said nothing of the sort:
Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki announced Thursday morning that Abu Musab al-Zarqawi had been killed, along with 7 aides, in a gun battle with US and Iraqi troops at Baqubah.
How he could get the most basic of facts wrong—that al-Zarqawi was killed in an airstrike—in such a widely reported story, is absolutely astounding. Perhaps he's having translation issues again?
Al Qaeda's leader in Iraq, Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, has been killed in a joint U.S. and Iraqi military raid north of Baghdad, Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki announced on Thursday...
Posted by: Confederate Yankee at 10:02 AM
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To be fair, its not entirely clear based on that one story he linked to, as to just what kind of a raid took place, whether it was a gun battle or air strike.
However, if he hasn't corrected it by now, based on all the other news stories out there confirming it was a air strike, well...
(And I just checked, he hasn't.)
Later,
However, if he hasn't corrected it by now, based on all the other news stories out there confirming it was a air strike, well...
(And I just checked, he hasn't.)
Later,
Posted by: Cicero at June 08, 2006 10:23 AM (S35wq)
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Any kind of dead will do, as far as I'm concerned. I hope the maggot suffered before he died.
But why in the world are you reading Juan Cole, anyways? :-)
But why in the world are you reading Juan Cole, anyways? :-)
Posted by: Temujin at June 08, 2006 02:20 PM (kLowS)
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And to think that they denied this man a position at Yale!
Posted by: D. Carter at June 08, 2006 02:29 PM (OnQ6k)
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