[calcowgirl]

Well, then. maybe they'll post instead the pics they took that really show the 'calm and stable' Baghdad.

They did, immediately when they were made aware of it. The page now reflects:

Downtown Baghdad
We originally posted a photograph not of Baghdad, Iraq but from Istanbul, Turkey where our delegation traveled on the way home to the United States. We apologize for this mistake. We have corrected it with a photograph we took from Baghdad. We took this photo of downtown Baghdad while we were in Iraq. Iraq (including Baghdad) is much more calm and stable than what many people believe it to be. But, each day the news media finds any violence occurring in the country and screams and shouts about it - in part because many journalists are opposed to the U.S. effort to fight terrorism.

[kenboy]

Wow, you can really see the calm and stability from that long-distance shot.

Pathetic. If parts of Iraq are in much better shape than the media suggests (which I honestly believe could well be the cse), if this guy is on about the great calm and stability we're seeing there -- where are the street-level photos? Why was the street level photo from the Istanbul suburb replaced with a long-distance shot of the city with no details visible? They saw sooo many peaceful and happy scenes, and photographed none of them?