[Allegra]

All of the above. Fog of war. No one knows what's true, or what's really happening.

Familiar with it. It still happens around here. Everytime there's a nearby explosion, or a series of them, about six stories go around before the true cause gets nailed down.

I've learned to automatically dismiss the first three or four explanations I hear.

[angkor]

"I've learned to automatically dismiss the first three or four explanations I hear."

We had internal instant messaging up at Balad, and even that took a few minutes to settle down into reality after an alert.