[NY Attitude]

"If you go to the streets and see all the people who have left their houses and if you go to the morgue and see all the bodies then you will understand,"

I guess by this account that there are nothing but bad guys occupying those houses. Piece of cake, just level the city.

[mark502inf]

I saw this. Surprisingly for CBS, the interview was actually very good and pretty long. Both Iraqis made strong and very convincing statements about the enemy using the mosque as a armed camp and that it was Iraqi, not US forces, that conducted the actual assault.

[Darkwolf377]

The Iraqi commander during a controversial raid by American and Iraq forces is backing the U.S. version of a battle that left 16 Iraqis dead, Lara Logan reports.

A non-US soldier is verifying it, so now Chrissy Matthews, Pat Buchanan and their ilk will believe it. Before, when it was only Americans claiming this, it was suspect.

[Taxman]

One wonders why Muqtada al-Sadr is still alive.

[zerosix]

Sorry to see that all of the 'BS networks need the confirmation of an Iraqi soldier, to believe U.S. Military!

[arthurus]

This controversy is silly. You hust have to understand definitions. By generally accepted MSM definition, persons killed by American or allied troops are innocent civilians. An insurgent is issued his separation from the Insurgent Forces 5 minutes prior to demise.

[james500]

"A man who claims he was held hostage in the building, says of his captors..."

The "claims" has to be in there since he backs up the US/Iraqi version. I'm sure he was extremely grateful to be rescued and most likely went on and on about how great and brave the US/Iraqi troops are but it just didn't make the article.

[GretchenM]

When asked about the militia men who were holding him, he said he was too terrified to say anything about them. "If you go to the streets and see all the people who have left their houses and if you go to the morgue and see all the bodies then you will understand," he says.

We have an amazing start to it, but there remains more work to be done to rid the land of saddam's iron fist. As Rome wasn't built in a day, neither is a free Iraq. God bless those who fight for the right.

[Doc91678]

What I want to know is very simple. Where are our supposed Psyche Corps. Why haven't they been able to turn the propaganda that the terrs are using against them. Everytime an incident occurs our own MSM condemns our troops. In this case we found that our GI's are innocent. How many times has the previously occurred?
I say we send the Iraqi troops in to visit Al Sadr himself. Taking him out in shackles or a body bag would make no difference to the people.

[gura]

A man who claims he was held hostage in the building, says of his captors, "They beat me, they kicked me and they used an electric drill on me. I thought I was going to die."

[Allegra]

Aides to radical Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr said 18 men were killed in the joint U.S.-Iraqi raid on a mosque.

The Americans said Iraqi special forces backed by U.S. troops killed 16 "insurgents" in a raid on a community meeting hall after gunmen opened fire on approaching troops.

Gee, let's see....which source is more credible? Gosh, what a tough decision.

(The MSM just makes me sick! Is there any doubt whose SIDE they're taking on this??)

[wallcrawlr]

thank you Iraqi commander for stepping fwd