NationStates Jolt Archive

Wow, what a clusterfuck. :confused:

An Iraqi Army unit gets hit by a roadside bomb. Estimates of dead and wounded vary depending on whom you ask, but the consensus is that the unit was Kurdish.

They head to a hospital and open fire to clear the way, killing a Shiite civilian. :rolleyes:

A nearby Shiite Iraqi Army unit opens fire, the Kurdish unit returns fire and one Shiite soldier may or may not have been killed. The Kurdish unit withdraws, choosing to take their wounded men elsewhere.

The Kurdish unit is halted at a roadblock manned by a third unit, also Shiite. American troops intervene to calm everyone down.

More joined-up thinking in action: http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,195217,00.html

Every day, new ground broken.

Why do they segregate the units?

Well it isn't as everyone is batting for the same team now is it?
The Kurds want their own country, killikng a shite or a sunni is probably a bonus in thir eyes.

Well it isn't as everyone is batting for the same team now is it?
The Kurds want their own country, killikng a shite or a sunni is probably a bonus in thir eyes.

A born diplomat, I see.

Whats worse, nobody is entirely sure which team the other team think they're a member of, or which way they're playing.

That's ridiculous.

However, I'm not sure why you're pissed at the big bad evil MSM for not providing this particular bit of information about yet another way that Iraq is screwed up. I thought the MSM were conspiring to keep all the good news down, not the bad news. :p

Why do they segregate the units?
Because apartheid is good4u?

cba to sift through this all but just a reminder that Fox News is neither impartial or just. It is a murdock propaganda that has taken over several small time new corps and hightenned the use of infotainment.

They do not give the whole story.

forgot to mention, they also destroy fair elections.

Because apartheid is good4u?
That's what the posters say. And they wouldn't lie to us.

That's ridiculous.

However, I'm not sure why you're pissed at the big bad evil MSM for not providing this particular bit of information about yet another way that Iraq is screwed up. I thought the MSM were conspiring to keep all the good news down, not the bad news. :pbecause, no one can blame this on the Shrub or the Amerikans. That's why MSN didn't report this.

Fucking rofl, those people suck.

cba to sift through this all but just a reminder that Fox News is neither impartial or just. It is a murdock propaganda that has taken over several small time new corps and hightenned the use of infotainment.

They do not give the whole story.

Neither does anyone. I like CNN, MSN, and FOX. If only because it amuses me how different 2 sides of the same story can be.

because, no one can blame this on the Shrub or the Amerikans. That's why MSN didn't report this.
MSM=Main Stream Media. Of course meaning any organization with an ounce of credibility, rather than Rush Limbaugh.

As for not blaming it on Bush...sure we could! See what's happened when we tried to unite them peacefully? It's a miserable failure and if they're still not working together their training has obviously sucked!
No, I don't actually blame this one on Bush (except in the sense that I blame the whole war on him).

Why do they segregate the units?
Makes it easier to start a civil war.

Wow, what a clusterfuck. :confused:

An Iraqi Army unit gets hit by a roadside bomb. Estimates of dead and wounded vary depending on whom you ask, but the consensus is that the unit was Kurdish.

They head to a hospital and open fire to clear the way, killing a Shiite civilian. :rolleyes:

A nearby Shiite Iraqi Army unit opens fire, the Kurdish unit returns fire and one Shiite soldier may or may not have been killed. The Kurdish unit withdraws, choosing to take their wounded men elsewhere.

The Kurdish unit is halted at a roadblock manned by a third unit, also Shiite. American troops intervene to calm everyone down.

More joined-up thinking in action: http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,195217,00.html

Every day, new ground broken.

"Mission accomplished"

MainStream Media... Well, for example have both the Washington Post (http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/05/12/AR2006051201385.html) and New York Times (http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/world/AP-Iraq-Army-Clash.html) picked up the report from the Associated Press, so I wouldn't worry about not hearing about this story. ;)

MainStream Media... Well, for example have both the Washington Post (http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/05/12/AR2006051201385.html) and New York Times (http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/world/AP-Iraq-Army-Clash.html) picked up the report from the Associated Press, so I wouldn't worry about not hearing about this story. ;)

"MSM", to many around here, means "24 hours news/opinon stations". The notion that you get far more REAL news in print is antithetical to their beings because a) they would have to read which is too darn hard, and b) you often are required to THINK about what you read instead of having some talking head tell you your opinion.

But, of course, the news stations aren't likely to air this piece for one main reason: They don't have video of it.

And if it ain't in video, it didn't really happen to CNN, FOX, MSNBC, etc.....

"MSM", to many around here, means "24 hours news/opinon stations". The notion that you get far more REAL news in print is antithetical to their beings because a) they would have to read which is too darn hard, and b) you often are required to THINK about what you read instead of having some talking head tell you your opinion.

But, of course, the news stations aren't likely to air this piece for one main reason: They don't have video of it.

And if it ain't in video, it didn't really happen to CNN, FOX, MSNBC, etc.....

I don't have any of those stations. But what the BBC and State Television usually do when they don't have a video of it is to show crying relatives, wreckage, burning stuff or bulletholes and usually theres interviews with eyewitnesses or someone in charge.

I'd imagined CNN and Fox and the rest of them did the same thing?

"MSM", to many around here, means "24 hours news/opinon stations". The notion that you get far more REAL news in print is antithetical to their beings because a) they would have to read which is too darn hard, and b) you often are required to THINK about what you read instead of having some talking head tell you your opinion.

But, of course, the news stations aren't likely to air this piece for one main reason: They don't have video of it.

And if it ain't in video, it didn't really happen to CNN, FOX, MSNBC, etc.....
Aha, I see... finally!

I like CNN, MSN, and FOX.
And I like Alphagetti. Not only do I get more letters to play around with, they don't leave half as bad an aftertaste.

And I like Alphagetti. Not only do I get more letters to play around with, they don't leave half as bad an aftertaste.


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Makes it easier to start a civil war.

They make even better by having segregating units serving in seperate areas, so that they can establish fronts before war even breaks out.