"There was no way to confirm the U.S. claim."
AP report, hmm? Maybe it's just me but does anyone recall ever seeing this disclaimer in relation to a non-U.S. claim?
Brig. Gen. Mark Kimmitt, coalition deputy operations chief, said the attack struck a known hideout of al-Zarqawi and that the blast caused "multiple secondary explosions" of ammunition and roadside bomb materials stored there. There was no way to confirm the U.S. claim
Exactly! You beat me to the post. Later in the article, however, they report as fact that women and children were among the dead, taking the word of some "residents." Honestly, these reporters come across as wide-eyed babes-in-the-woods-types. How embarrassing for them.
You are right on target re AP = Arabic Propaganda!
When do they start claiming that it was a wedding celebration?
what happened to the effort to apprehend those responsible for killing the four contractors and mutilating their bodies? Is the Fallujah brigade now responsible for carrying out our pledge?
I noticed that, too.
Let's see Reuters decides to follow suit.
Meanwhile, New York-based Human Rights Watch said in a statement it would be unlawful for the United States to hold detainees, including Saddam Hussein, after the June 30 power transfer without charging them with crimes.
The U.S. military has said it will continue to hold thousands of prisoners detained since it invaded Iraq last year and that it could do so legally until a "cessation of hostilities."
"The Bush Administration can't have its cake and it too. If the occupation is over, so is the U.S. authority to detain Iraqis without criminal charges," said Kenneth Roth, executive director of Human Rights Watch.
If the author is writing "a coupla things regarding Iraq today", shouldn't he call it that?
LOL! That was the first thing I thought!