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To: eastforker
Sister station to FNC,quite reliable

I'm not so sure, don't forget ""the fog of war"

28 posted on 03/22/2003 7:21:29 PM PST by Mister Baredog ((They wanted to kill 50,000 of us on 9/11, we will never forget!))
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To: Mister Baredog
By the way if guilty a firing squad would suffice!!!
33 posted on 03/22/2003 7:23:13 PM PST by Mister Baredog ((They wanted to kill 50,000 of us on 9/11, we will never forget!))
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To: Mister Baredog
Since the "fog of war" is not linked and your home page does not show it,what the hell are you talking about.
37 posted on 03/22/2003 7:24:32 PM PST by eastforker
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To: Mister Baredog
I'm not so sure, don't forget ""the fog of war"

You've got that right -- as well as the confusion that surrounds any breaking story. Having covered hundreds, if not thousands, of them, I can tell you that that misinformation abounds in the first few hours, especially when the action is on the other side of the world and reporters have to depend on a wide variety of sources, some of which are bound to be unreliable.

Consider also that this story is political dynamite. If I was covering it I'd make absolutely certain every single "i" was dotted and "t" crossed before reporting anything but the basic facts, out of fairness to all concerned. You can be sure that news desks around the world are vetting this with the highest power magnifying glasses available. Back off and wait for the facts to emerge over the next several hours or days -- they will. Don't rush to judgment.

238 posted on 03/22/2003 9:41:29 PM PST by Bernard Marx
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This was no "fog of war" nimrod, this was planned and deliberate. This littel jihad warrior had been planning it for days, weeks, months . . .

As the man who carried out the attack moved away there was some shooting. He was shot in the leg.

The grenades were rolled into three tents
The grenades were rolled into three tents

He was held on the ground less than 100 yards from where the attack happened."

Ramsay said the soldier had been guarding a grenades depot at the time.

He said fears about the soldier's behaviour had been raised by colleagues.

"In recent days they were concerned about his behaviour and were not going to send him up to the front when the soldiers were going to be deployed."

It is not clear whether the soldier, who Ramsay said would have been in the Gulf for some weeks, had planned the attack before being deployed.

"To be honest we just do not know," Ramsay said.

"Talking to other soldiers, it could be that he was disgruntled. They said he had been acting 'weird' for days."


252 posted on 03/22/2003 10:08:28 PM PST by Happy2BMe (HOLLYWOOD:Ask not what U can do for your country, ask what U can do for Iraq!)
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