Sunday, July 24, 2005

Is the Military Making up Quotes?

What do the following two quotes have in common?

"'The terrorists are attacking the infrastructure, the ISF and all of Iraq. They are enemies of humanity without religion or any sort of ethics. They have attacked my community today and I will now take the fight to the terrorists,' said one Iraqi man who preferred not to be identified."

"'The terrorists are attacking the infrastructure, the children and all of Iraq,' said one Iraqi man who preferred not to be identified. 'They are enemies of humanity without religion or any sort of ethics. They have attacked my community today and I will now take the fight to the terrorists.'"

"Almost everything," you might say. These quotes appeared in press releases by the US military following two separate terrorist attacks in Iraq. CNN.com has the full story.

The military has acknowledged the problem and said that it was the result of an administrative error.

Do you think that the unidentified, resilient, and defiant Iraqi is a fabrication? I've heard of anonymous sources, but this is taking it too far!

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