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Shocker: AP continues to slant war reporting

Posted 14 Jul 2008 in jihadists, media bias, military, victory, war

root_for_our_sideThis just chaps my ass.

Wouldn’t it be nice if the AP would stop skewing their news stories to highlight American casualties and minimize American victories? They don’t have to be America’s cheerleader; I realize they are supposed to be objective, but they’re definitely too far in the other direction. The entire feel of this article would be completely different if the content remained exactly the same but the headline read something like “American forces respond to suicide bombing, eliminate 40 terrorists.” Also note the AP’s continued use of the bland euphemism “militants” in place of the more accurate moniker “terrorists.”

9 Americans killed in attack in Afghanistan

U.S. troops on Monday reinforced a remote military outpost after well-armed militants got inside and killed nine American soldiers in the deadliest assault on U.S. forces in Afghanistan in three years.

Sunday’s assault has deepened doubts about the U.S. military’s ability to contain Islamic militants. Attacks in Afghanistan are becoming more complex, intense and better coordinated than a year ago, U.S. officials say.

Militants with machine guns, rocket-propelled grenades and mortars attacked the remote base in the village of Wanat in the mountainous northeastern province of Kunar at about 4:30 a.m. Sunday, with insurgents firing from homes and a mosque.

It was a “concerted attempt” to overrun the small base near the Pakistan border that was built only about three days ago, said an official with NATO’s International Security Assistance Force.
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NATO confirmed nine of its soldiers had been killed and 15 wounded. A Western official said the nine dead were Americans, speaking on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to release the troops’ nationalities. Four Afghan soldiers also were wounded, NATO said.

The attack was the deadliest for U.S. troops in Afghanistan since June 2005, when 16 American troops were killed — also in Kunar province — when their helicopter was shot down by a rocket-propelled grenade.

Also on Sunday, a suicide bomber targeting a police patrol killed 24 people, including 19 civilians, while U.S. coalition and Afghan soldiers killed 40 militants elsewhere in the south.

More than 2,300 people — mostly militants — have died in insurgency-related violence this year, according to an Associated Press tally of official figures.

Also notice the reporter details the fact that his anonymous source was not authorized to release the nationality of the American casualties, but he went to press with it anyway and made that the lead on the headline. Agenda much?

Posted by FullMetalPatriot
12th gen. American, Constitutionalist, Harley-riding Texan, gun owner & NRA member, blogger, illustrator, Florida Gator alumnus. #TCOT

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