L. Logan, CBS News "US Marines are surrounded by AL-QAIDA Fighters"!

leftchick

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Thu Dec-01-05 06:36 PM
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L. Logan, CBS News "US Marines are surrounded by AL-QAIDA Fighters"!

Lara Logan reporting from Ramadi said that the US Marines fighting today after and attack by many insurgents said" at one point the US Marines were surrounded by Al-Qaida fighters"!?? WTF?

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MidwestTransplant

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Thu Dec-01-05 06:38 PM
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1. I doubt that. I don't think anybody was killed at the base

Edited on Thu Dec-01-05 06:42 PM by MidwestTransplant

4 others were killed today though.

Also, how do they know they were Qaeda? There are so few in Iraq that I don't think they would swarm anything. That's not their MO. The WH is probably trying to get the media to call every insurgent an Al Qaeda now.

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leftchick

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Thu Dec-01-05 06:44 PM
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5. that was my point

there was a major assault on US forces in Ramadi, but by Al-Qaida forces? I don't think so!

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htuttle

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Thu Dec-01-05 06:38 PM
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2. Do 'Al-Queda Fighters' wear special uniforms? Nametags?

"Ask me about Jihad!" T-shirts?

How could they tell who they were?

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Selatius

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Thu Dec-01-05 06:46 PM
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7. Probably just wild speculation

I would say the chances are higher these are homegrown Iraqi fighters from various different resistance groups.

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marbuc

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Thu Dec-01-05 07:26 PM
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9. "Ask me about Jihad!" T-shirts?

:rofl:

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The_Casual_Observer

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Thu Dec-01-05 06:40 PM
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3. The NPR report this morning was that Al-Qaida fighters

had been taking over whole blocks, and that there were no US troops in the area.

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Thu Dec-01-05 06:42 PM
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4. NPR and CBS are both undercover propogandists.....

unlike the overt propogandists, Fox and NBC.

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WCGreen

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Thu Dec-01-05 06:46 PM
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6. It was a group claiming to be Al Queda in Iraq....

That staged the mock attack....

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greiner3

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Thu Dec-01-05 07:13 PM
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8. If there were serious insurgent buildup;

Then how could the Dems possibly call for US troop withdrawl?:crazy:

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Warren DeMontague

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Thu Dec-01-05 07:29 PM
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10. Maybe "Zarqawi" told them that's what they were.

Edited on Thu Dec-01-05 07:37 PM by impeachdubya

I mean... surely you're not suggesting that Television News in this Country is full of shit, now, are you?

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