[exit82]

Mike--we are of similar opinion. This is a pro Saddam town. There could be a concerted effort by the townspeople either under threat or because of allegiance to Saddam to have hauled the bodies away, whisked the drag trails, buried the "martyrs" in the middle of the night out of town and out of sight, all in the hopes of making a victory for the Americans into a propaganda victory for themselves.

No way do I think our side is making anything up here. There is no need to. However, I see a big need by the jihadis to recover from a blazing defeat and to save face.

[mikegi]

Mike--we are of similar opinion. This is a pro Saddam town. There could be a concerted effort by the townspeople either under threat or because of allegiance to Saddam to have hauled the bodies away, whisked the drag trails, buried the "martyrs" in the middle of the night out of town and out of sight, all in the hopes of making a victory for the Americans into a propaganda victory for themselves.

Yep. The idiotic reporters even noted that the town appeared "back to normal" when they arrived the following day. This whole episode is a Rorschach test for latent anti-Americanism. Those who think "something is wrong here" are sympathetic to the Iraqi guerrilla cause. BTW, I opened up another window to get that quote and saw that a certain person already replied to my message with yet another anti-American claim ("our military lied [forever]" and "Do you love the Gubmint"). Like I said, it's a Rorschach test.