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  • AP isn't buying that combat operations are over ( yes, it does say AP! )

    09/03/2010 10:36:39 PM PDT · by VideoDoctor · 3 replies
    AP ^ | Sept 3, 2010 | STEVE PARKER
    On Tuesday, President Barack Obama told Americans from the Oval Office: ...So tonight, I am announcing that the American combat mission in Iraq has ended. Operation Iraqi Freedom is over, and the Iraqi people now have lead responsibility for the security of their country. The Associated Press thinks that's not quite an accurate reflection of how things really are in Iraq. In a memo to the wire service's staffers posted on AP's website, standards editor Tom Kent writes: ...To begin with, combat in Iraq is not over, and we should not uncritically repeat suggestions that it is, even if they...