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Breaking: Iraqi PM denies backing Obama's withdrawal plan
Chinaview.cn ^
| July 20, 2008
| Sun Yunlong
Posted on 07/20/2008 7:16:02 AM PDT by Kleebo151
BAGHDAD, July 20 (Xinhua) -- Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki denied that he has released statements backing a plan of Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama which sets a timeframe for possible U.S. troops withdrawal from Iraq, the government's spokesman said on Sunday.
Ali al-Dabbagh said in a statement that Maliki's statements to German magazine Der Spiegel "have been misunderstood and mistranslated and were not conveyed accurately regarding the vision of Senator Barack Obama on the timeframe for U.S. forces withdrawal from Iraq."
(Excerpt) Read more at news.xinhuanet.com ...
TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: almaliki; dayoldnews; denial; iraq; liberalmedia; notbreaking; obama; timetable; troopwithdrawal; withdrawl
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The denial is now being reported by CNN:
link. This is a huge blow to the liberal media and its already damaged reputation.
See also reactions from conservative blogs Hot Air and Red State.
Here's my take: Why didn't US media outlets attempt to confirm the veracity of the German magazine's claims?
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posted on
07/20/2008 7:16:03 AM PDT
by
Kleebo151
To: Kleebo151
Hey Obama! Better put some ice on that!!
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posted on
07/20/2008 7:17:42 AM PDT
by
airborne
(Don't hate me because I'm white!)
To: airborne
It’s laughable that Obama’s meeting with Karzai, too. He just finish telling Karzai that he was a do nothing shitehead.
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posted on
07/20/2008 7:22:07 AM PDT
by
Sacajaweau
(I'm planting corn...Have to feed my car...)
To: Kleebo151
Why didn't US media outlets attempt to confirm the veracity of the German magazine's claims?
Get confirmation? Why on earth would they want to do that?!?
On a more serious note, they didn't because the story matches the action line. The action line is the direction the drive-by’s want the story to go. In this case they want the U.S. out of Iraq. Preferably in defeat, but they will take our being forced to leave by the Iraqi government that we fought to install. Anything that humiliates the U.S. and minimizes the accomplishments on our troops.
If you understand the concept of the action line all the activities of the drive-by's become understandable. If you don't you may be left scratching your head.
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posted on
07/20/2008 7:26:56 AM PDT
by
Cheburashka
(Democratic Underground: Ever wonder where all those who took the brown acid at Woodstock wound up?)
To: Kleebo151
Here's my take: Why didn't US media outlets attempt to confirm the veracity of the German magazine's claims? The media's due diligence and fact checking is reserved solely for Republicans.
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posted on
07/20/2008 7:27:36 AM PDT
by
Starboard
To: Starboard
Our straight arrow, non-biased media is not likely to fact check something which makes the Obamessiah look good! Actually, I’m amazed they are reporting the fact that their earlier story was a lie. I would have thought they would just sort of skip over that and go on to the next fluff piece about their hero.
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posted on
07/20/2008 7:35:03 AM PDT
by
Oldpuppymax
(AGENDA OF THE LEFT EXPOSED)
To: Cheburashka
Our American Born reporters can go to Hell for the treason and lies they have regurgitated upon us for the past 40 years!
The Foreign Born reporters are already bound for Burning Lands.
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posted on
07/20/2008 7:35:57 AM PDT
by
redstateconfidential
(If you are the smartest person in the room,you are hanging out with the wrong people.)
To: Kleebo151
From the CNN link:
McCain does not think American troops should return to the United States until Iraqi forces are capable of maintaining a safe, democratic state.
Good idea.
Under Truman, 30,000 Americans were killed in 30 months* in Korea, because, under Truman, our troops had been withdrawn** when S. Korea was still weak.
*July 1950 - January 1953
**Our troops were withdrawn in 1949, 4 years after we freed S. Korea from decades of Japanese occupation.
Why doesn't anyone ask what Saddam be doing now, if we hadn't removed him from power?
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posted on
07/20/2008 7:41:11 AM PDT
by
syriacus
(Democrats got THEIR "change" in Election 2006. Are WE better off now?)
To: Kleebo151
I love it! Obambi was probably gloating over the news yesterday and could not wait to get his photo ops in with his new ally. This morning I bet he can't even get it up!
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posted on
07/20/2008 7:44:02 AM PDT
by
Red_Devil 232
(VietVet - USMC All Ready On The Right? All Ready On The Left? All Ready On The Firing Line!)
To: potlatch; PhilDragoo; ntnychik; MeekOneGOP; Jeff Head; Grampa Dave; Travis McGee; PGalt; ...
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posted on
07/20/2008 7:56:55 AM PDT
by
devolve
(- "Pot had helped, and booze; maybe a little blow when you could afford it." Press #2 for English)
To: Kleebo151
Meanwhile, Drudge’s top story as I type this is the false claim that Maliki supports Obama’s withdrawal plan. Years ago, Drudge would have been the first to pick up the denial. Now he plays dumb.
To: Kleebo151
Drudge has sooo lost his creds.
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posted on
07/20/2008 8:02:30 AM PDT
by
altura
To: syriacus
Why doesn't anyone ask what Saddam be doing now, if we hadn't removed him from power? Humans seldom ask such questions or give credit for averting disasters that never happened.
Angels are needed to make men see.
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posted on
07/20/2008 8:03:13 AM PDT
by
Polybius
To: devolve
buuuuuuuuuuuummmmmmmmmmp !!!
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posted on
07/20/2008 8:07:47 AM PDT
by
MeekOneGOP
(McRINO needs reach across the aisle to Conservatives for a CHANGE! Dang him!!!)
To: Kleebo151
Ali al-Dabbagh said in a statement that Maliki's statements to German magazine Der Spiegel "have been
misunderstood and mistranslated and were not conveyed accurately regarding the vision of Senator Barack Obama on the timeframe for U.S. forces withdrawal from Iraq purposefully rewritten by a marxist running dog propagandist for Obama who is only pretending to be a reporter... like the rest of them."
There. Fixed it.
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posted on
07/20/2008 8:07:59 AM PDT
by
Seruzawa
(American Government: Providing Middle Class Incomes to Unemployables for Over 200 Years!)
To: Kleebo151
Why does this seem like deja vu? Didn’t some democRat do this same thing about a year ago?
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posted on
07/20/2008 8:10:41 AM PDT
by
gitmo
(From now on, ending a sentence with a preposition is something up with which I will not put.)
To: Kleebo151
Der Spiegel reporting is about as trustworthy as The Nation. It is so bad it makes Newsweek look good by comparison.
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posted on
07/20/2008 8:11:38 AM PDT
by
Melchior
To: altura
What does Drudge have to do with this?
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posted on
07/20/2008 8:12:57 AM PDT
by
Vision
(The light of the body is the eye, if your eye is true all your body will be full of light. Matt 6:22)
To: Starboard
The media's due diligence and fact checking is reserved solely for Republicans.That is not true, the media will propagate any lie told about Republicans as if it were the absolute truth.
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posted on
07/20/2008 8:13:26 AM PDT
by
reg45
To: Starboard
Wonder if the “clarification” will make the front page of tomorrow’s newspapers, since the “endorsement” was above-the-fold front page stuff on my two papers this morning...
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posted on
07/20/2008 8:13:38 AM PDT
by
ErnBatavia
(...forward this to your 10 very best friends....)
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