Some Sleep, Others Dream
by anna missed,pigment incised into douglas fir (detail, compressed);
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.. the unit transported an embedded reporter to a site "where school supplies were to be handed out to needy students," according to the Dec. 21 restricted "Official Use Only" report for the Center for Army Lessons Learned.
An excellent idea, but when they arrived at the school, the unit was "surprised to find that no schoolchildren were present and that an Iraqi family was homesteading in the building," the report said. What's more, "the Iraqi police were unwilling to remove the family and no school supplies" could be issued because the children were nowhere to be found.
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"Fortunately," the Army folks said in their report, "the reporter elected not to cover the event, which could have made us look bad, since we didn't know what was going on with the school after we funded its construction." The reporter, who was not named, "understood what had happened and had other good coverage to use . . . rather than airing any of this event."
No News Is Good News
Posted by b on April 9, 2005 at 01:15 PM | Permalink
And why is the Wurlitzer silent on http://portland.indymedia.org/en/2005/03/314588.shtml >this little freedom song?
Posted by: anna missed | Apr 9, 2005 3:29:46 PM | 2
And why is the Wurlitzer silent on http://portland.indymedia.org/en/2005/03/314588.shtml >this little freedom song?
Posted by: anna missed | Apr 9, 2005 3:29:46 PM | 3
http://www.truthout.org/issues_05/040805EB.shtml>The Camel's Nose is in the Tent (sorry it is somewhat OT, but while we "sleep", the plutes are dreaming).
annamissed, I think I liked the previous one better (with the hands)...
Massive "End the Occupation" protest in Baghdad dwarfs the "Saddam toppled" rally: Photos
Posted by: Nugget | Apr 9, 2005 4:26:50 PM | 5
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The reporter, who was not named, "understood what had happened and had other good coverage to use . . . rather than airing any of this event."
Boy, you can always count on those Fox News guys to come through in a pinch.
Posted by: Billmon | Apr 9, 2005 2:43:57 PM | 1