[aquila48]

I just read the article you referenced and i noted what nice, unbiased reporting that was, and how amazed I was that it was from the French Press Agency (AFP)!!!

[okie01]

In the interest of accuracy, note that they are not reports of the same raid. The Guardian is reporting on a raid at the Ibn Taymiyah mosque. AFP is reporting on a similar raid at the Al-Tubul mosque.

But the point is: contraband weapons were found at both sites -- the only difference was scale. The Guardian, though, chose to minimize the weapons, so as to focus on the American "mistreatment" of the "innocent" natives. AFP, confronted with a much larger trove of weaponry, chose to play it straight.

Had the Guardian and AFP swapped event coverage, I suspect both reports would have used to propagandize against the American effort (the Guardian having no sense of proportion).